How To Install libxt6-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libxt6-dbg
libxt6-dbg is:
libXt provides the X Toolkit Intrinsics, an abstract widget library upon which other toolkits are based. Xt is the basis for many toolkits, including the Athena widgets (Xaw), and LessTif (a Motif implementation).
This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libxt6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXt
There are three methods to install libxt6-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 libxt6-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 libxt6-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxt6-dbg
Install libxt6-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxt6-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxt6-dbg
Install libxt6-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 libxt6-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxt6-dbg
How To Uninstall libxt6-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxt6-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxt6-dbg
Uninstall libxt6-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxt6-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxt6-dbg
Remove libxt6-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxt6-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxt6-dbg
Remove libxt6-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxt6-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxt6-dbg
Dependencies
libxt6-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.