How To Install gambas3-gb-gui-qt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-gui-qt on Debian 9.
What is gambas3-gb-gui-qt
gambas3-gb-gui-qt is:
Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, like Visual Basic(tm) (but it is NOT a clone!).
This component will load either the gb.qt4 or the gb.qt5 component, according to the current desktop in use.
If you use KDE 4, then gb.qt4 will be loaded. In all other cases, gb.qt5 will be loaded.
If the GB_GUI environmental variable is defined, then gb.gui.qt will load the component specified in it, whatever desktop is currently used.
There are three methods to install gambas3-gb-gui-qt 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 gambas3-gb-gui-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-gui-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Install gambas3-gb-gui-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-gui-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Install gambas3-gb-gui-qt 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 gambas3-gb-gui-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gambas3-gb-gui-qt
How To Uninstall gambas3-gb-gui-qt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gambas3-gb-gui-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Uninstall gambas3-gb-gui-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gambas3-gb-gui-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Remove gambas3-gb-gui-qt Configurations and Data
To remove gambas3-gb-gui-qt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Remove gambas3-gb-gui-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gambas3-gb-gui-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambas3-gb-gui-qt
Dependencies
gambas3-gb-gui-qt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-gui-qt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
