How To Install winedbg-development on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install wine-development

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is winedbg-development and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install winedbg-development on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install winedbg-development using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install winedbg-development using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wine-development

Install winedbg-development using apt

Because winedbg-development is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install winedbg-development using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wine-development

Install winedbg-development 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install winedbg-development by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wine-development

How to upgrade (update) a single package winedbg-development using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the winedbg-development, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install wine-development

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install wine-development

How To Uninstall winedbg-development from Debian 11

To uninstall only the winedbg-development package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wine-development

Uninstall winedbg-development and all its dependencies

To uninstall winedbg-development and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wine-development

Remove winedbg-development with all configurations and data

To remove winedbg-development configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wine-development

Remove winedbg-development completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to winedbg-development package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wine-development

Extra info and code examples

Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation. This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work. This package provides essential wrappers and convenience tools for the standard Wine components. It also employs the Debian alternatives system to provide the usual command names, e.g. "wine" instead of "wine-development".

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install winedbg-development using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the winedbg-development from Debian 11.

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