How To Install geneweb-gui on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install geneweb-gui on Debian 9. geneweb-gui is graphical user interface to Geneweb genealogy software

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geneweb-gui on Debian 9.

What is geneweb-gui

geneweb-gui is:

Geneweb allows keeping track of ancestral data. It is a powerful system for maintaining a set of data about your family history. It supports much of the GEDCOM tag system for data storage, and can be used either as your primary system for archiving genealogical data, or as a web service (through a CGI interface) for publishing your data for others to use.

This package provides a graphical interface to geneweb (assuming the database is hosted on the local machine).

There are three methods to install geneweb-gui 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 geneweb-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install geneweb-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geneweb-gui

Install geneweb-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geneweb-gui

Install geneweb-gui 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 geneweb-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geneweb-gui

How To Uninstall geneweb-gui on Debian 9

To uninstall only the geneweb-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geneweb-gui

Uninstall geneweb-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geneweb-gui

Remove geneweb-gui Configurations and Data

To remove geneweb-gui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geneweb-gui

Remove geneweb-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geneweb-gui

Dependencies

geneweb-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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