How To Install trousers-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers-dbg on Debian 9.
What is trousers-dbg
trousers-dbg is:
TrouSerS is an implementation of the Trusted Computing Group’s Software Stack (TSS) specification. You can use TrouSerS to write applications that make use of your TPM hardware. TPM hardware can create, store and use RSA keys securely (without ever being exposed in memory), verify a platform’s software state using cryptographic hashes and more.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install trousers-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 trousers-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 trousers-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install trousers-dbg
Install trousers-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install trousers-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install trousers-dbg
Install trousers-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 trousers-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trousers-dbg
How To Uninstall trousers-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the trousers-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove trousers-dbg
Uninstall trousers-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall trousers-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove trousers-dbg
Remove trousers-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove trousers-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge trousers-dbg
Remove trousers-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove trousers-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trousers-dbg
Dependencies
trousers-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trousers-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.