How To Install gir-to-d on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir-to-d on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gir-to-d
gir-to-d is:
GObject Introspection provides machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries.
GirToD is a command-line tool which builds bindings for the D programming language from GObject Introspection (GIR) data.
There are three methods to install gir-to-d on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gir-to-d Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gir-to-d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gir-to-d
Install gir-to-d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gir-to-d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gir-to-d
Install gir-to-d 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gir-to-d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gir-to-d
How To Uninstall gir-to-d on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gir-to-d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gir-to-d
Uninstall gir-to-d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gir-to-d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir-to-d
Remove gir-to-d Configurations and Data
To remove gir-to-d configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gir-to-d
Remove gir-to-d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gir-to-d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir-to-d
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir-to-d package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
