How To Install gnome-paint on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnome-paint on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnome-paint is simple, easy to use paint program for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-paint on Debian 10.

What is gnome-paint

gnome-paint is:

gnome-paint is a program inspired by MS Paint and designed for GNOME (and maybe other) desktop environment. It could be used to manipulate images in a very simple way. With a very friendly user interface, gnome-paint is easy to get started for new users.

There are three methods to install gnome-paint 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 gnome-paint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-paint

Install gnome-paint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-paint

Install gnome-paint 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 gnome-paint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-paint

How To Uninstall gnome-paint on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnome-paint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-paint

Uninstall gnome-paint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-paint

Remove gnome-paint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-paint

Remove gnome-paint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-paint

Dependencies

gnome-paint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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