How To Install nettle-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nettle-dbg on Debian 9. nettle-dbg is low level cryptographic library (debugging symbols)

Introduction

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

What is nettle-dbg

nettle-dbg is:

Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++, Python, Pike, …), in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.

This package contains the debugging symbols for all binary packages.

There are three methods to install nettle-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 nettle-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 nettle-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nettle-dbg

Install nettle-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nettle-dbg

Install nettle-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 nettle-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nettle-dbg

How To Uninstall nettle-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nettle-dbg

Uninstall nettle-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nettle-dbg

Remove nettle-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nettle-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

nettle-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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