How To Install libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9. libxcomp3-dbg is nx-X11 compression library (debug package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libxcomp3-dbg

libxcomp3-dbg is:

NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.

This package provides the compression library (debug symbols).

This package contains detached debug symbols that help generating more helpful backtraces. You can safely remove it if you do not intend to debug NX packages on this system.

There are three methods to install libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxcomp3-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcomp3-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxcomp3-dbg

Install libxcomp3-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcomp3-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxcomp3-dbg

Install libxcomp3-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcomp3-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxcomp3-dbg

How To Uninstall libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libxcomp3-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxcomp3-dbg

Uninstall libxcomp3-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxcomp3-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcomp3-dbg

Remove libxcomp3-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libxcomp3-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxcomp3-dbg

Remove libxcomp3-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxcomp3-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcomp3-dbg

Dependencies

libxcomp3-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomp3-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.