How To Install nxproxy-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nxproxy-dbg on Debian 9.
What is nxproxy-dbg
nxproxy-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 NX proxy (client) binary (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 nxproxy-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 nxproxy-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 nxproxy-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nxproxy-dbg
Install nxproxy-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nxproxy-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nxproxy-dbg
Install nxproxy-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 nxproxy-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nxproxy-dbg
How To Uninstall nxproxy-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nxproxy-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nxproxy-dbg
Uninstall nxproxy-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nxproxy-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nxproxy-dbg
Remove nxproxy-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove nxproxy-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nxproxy-dbg
Remove nxproxy-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nxproxy-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nxproxy-dbg
Dependencies
nxproxy-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nxproxy-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.