How To Install sip-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-dbg on Debian 9. sip-dbg is Debug symbols for Python/C++ bindings generator application

Introduction

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

What is sip-dbg

sip-dbg is:

SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes with some ideas borrowed from SWIG, but capable of tighter bindings because of its specificity towards C++ and Python.

SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class libraries.

Features: - connecting Qt signals to Python functions and class methods - connecting Python signals to Qt slots - overloading virtual member functions with Python class methods - protected member functions - abstract classes - enumerated types - global class instances - static member functions.

This package contains the debug symbols for the code generator tool needed to develop Python and Python 3 bindings with sip.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sip-dbg

Install sip-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sip-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install sip-dbg

How To Uninstall sip-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove sip-dbg

Uninstall sip-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sip-dbg

Remove sip-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sip-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

sip-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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