How To Install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg on Debian 9. xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg is X.Org X server – AMD/ATI display driver wrapper (debugging symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg on Debian 9.

What is xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg is:

This package provides the ‘ati’ driver for the AMD/ATI Mach64, Rage128, Radeon, FireGL, FireMV, FirePro and FireStream series. This driver is actually a wrapper that loads one of the ‘mach64’, ‘r128’ or ‘radeon’ sub-drivers depending on the hardware. These sub-drivers are brought through package dependencies.

This package provides debugging symbols for this X.org X driver wrapper and brings debugging symbols for sub-drivers through package dependencies.

There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-video-ati-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 xserver-xorg-video-ati-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 xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Install xserver-xorg-video-ati-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 xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Uninstall xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Remove xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Remove xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg

Dependencies

xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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