How To Install guile-cairo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-cairo on Debian 9.
What is guile-cairo
guile-cairo is:
This package contains Guile modules that provide access to the Cairo library.
There are three methods to install guile-cairo 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 guile-cairo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-cairo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guile-cairo
Install guile-cairo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-cairo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guile-cairo
Install guile-cairo 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 guile-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guile-cairo
How To Uninstall guile-cairo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the guile-cairo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guile-cairo
Uninstall guile-cairo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guile-cairo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-cairo
Remove guile-cairo Configurations and Data
To remove guile-cairo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guile-cairo
Remove guile-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guile-cairo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-cairo
Dependencies
guile-cairo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-cairo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
