How To Install gcompris-qt on Debian 10

Learn how to install gcompris-qt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gcompris-qt is Educational games for small children - Qt rewrite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-qt on Debian 10.

What is gcompris-qt

gcompris-qt is:

A large collection of educational games for small children, designed to be a unified interface to integrate more educational games.

This is the rewrite of GCompris using Qt Quick technology.

There are three methods to install gcompris-qt on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gcompris-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 gcompris-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcompris-qt

Install gcompris-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcompris-qt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcompris-qt

Install gcompris-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 gcompris-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcompris-qt

How To Uninstall gcompris-qt on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gcompris-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcompris-qt

Uninstall gcompris-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcompris-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcompris-qt

Remove gcompris-qt Configurations and Data

To remove gcompris-qt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcompris-qt

Remove gcompris-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcompris-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcompris-qt

Dependencies

gcompris-qt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-qt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.