How To Install slapd-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slapd-dbg on Debian 9.
What is slapd-dbg
slapd-dbg is:
This package provides detached debugging information for the OpenLDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server (slapd). It is useful primarily to permit better backtraces and crash dump analysis after problems with the libraries. GDB will find this debug information automatically.
There are three methods to install slapd-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 slapd-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 slapd-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slapd-dbg
Install slapd-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slapd-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slapd-dbg
Install slapd-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 slapd-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slapd-dbg
How To Uninstall slapd-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the slapd-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slapd-dbg
Uninstall slapd-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slapd-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slapd-dbg
Remove slapd-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove slapd-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slapd-dbg
Remove slapd-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slapd-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slapd-dbg
Dependencies
slapd-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slapd-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.