How To Install widelands-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install widelands-dbg on Debian 9.
What is widelands-dbg
widelands-dbg is:
This package contains the debugging symbols associated to widelands.
If you don’t want to debug widelands (nor report bugs against it), you don’t need it.
There are three methods to install widelands-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 widelands-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 widelands-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install widelands-dbg
Install widelands-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install widelands-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install widelands-dbg
Install widelands-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 widelands-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install widelands-dbg
How To Uninstall widelands-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the widelands-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove widelands-dbg
Uninstall widelands-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall widelands-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove widelands-dbg
Remove widelands-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove widelands-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge widelands-dbg
Remove widelands-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove widelands-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge widelands-dbg
Dependencies
widelands-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install widelands-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.