How To Install libxcomp3-dbg on Debian 9
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.