How To Install percona-xtrabackup-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is percona-xtrabackup-dbg
percona-xtrabackup-dbg is:
Debug symbols for the binaries in percona-xtrabackup. Install this package if you need to run any of those with gdb.
There are three methods to install percona-xtrabackup-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install percona-xtrabackup-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 percona-xtrabackup-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install percona-xtrabackup-dbg
Install percona-xtrabackup-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install percona-xtrabackup-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install percona-xtrabackup-dbg
Install percona-xtrabackup-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install percona-xtrabackup-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install percona-xtrabackup-dbg
How To Uninstall percona-xtrabackup-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the percona-xtrabackup-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove percona-xtrabackup-dbg
Uninstall percona-xtrabackup-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall percona-xtrabackup-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove percona-xtrabackup-dbg
Remove percona-xtrabackup-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove percona-xtrabackup-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge percona-xtrabackup-dbg
Remove percona-xtrabackup-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove percona-xtrabackup-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge percona-xtrabackup-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-xtrabackup-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
