How To Install gambas3-gb-openal on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-openal on Debian 9. gambas3-gb-openal is Gambas OpenAL component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-openal on Debian 9.

What is gambas3-gb-openal

gambas3-gb-openal 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 package includes an interface to the OpenAL 3D Audio library.

There are three methods to install gambas3-gb-openal 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-openal 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-openal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gambas3-gb-openal

Install gambas3-gb-openal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-openal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gambas3-gb-openal

Install gambas3-gb-openal 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-openal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gambas3-gb-openal

How To Uninstall gambas3-gb-openal on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gambas3-gb-openal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gambas3-gb-openal

Uninstall gambas3-gb-openal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gambas3-gb-openal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambas3-gb-openal

Remove gambas3-gb-openal Configurations and Data

To remove gambas3-gb-openal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gambas3-gb-openal

Remove gambas3-gb-openal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gambas3-gb-openal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambas3-gb-openal

Dependencies

gambas3-gb-openal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-openal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.