How To Install gauche-c-wrapper on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gauche-c-wrapper on Debian 9. gauche-c-wrapper is Foreign function interface for Gauche to C libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gauche-c-wrapper on Debian 9.

What is gauche-c-wrapper

gauche-c-wrapper is:

c-wrapper is a foreign function interface for C and Objective-C libraries. It can parse C header files, so you don’t need to define functions, global variables and constants to use libraries.

There are three methods to install gauche-c-wrapper 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 gauche-c-wrapper Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gauche-c-wrapper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gauche-c-wrapper

Install gauche-c-wrapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gauche-c-wrapper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gauche-c-wrapper

Install gauche-c-wrapper 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 gauche-c-wrapper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gauche-c-wrapper

How To Uninstall gauche-c-wrapper on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gauche-c-wrapper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gauche-c-wrapper

Uninstall gauche-c-wrapper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gauche-c-wrapper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gauche-c-wrapper

Remove gauche-c-wrapper Configurations and Data

To remove gauche-c-wrapper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gauche-c-wrapper

Remove gauche-c-wrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gauche-c-wrapper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gauche-c-wrapper

Dependencies

gauche-c-wrapper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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