How To Install libgst7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgst7 on Debian 9. libgst7 is GNU Smalltalk virtual machine shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgst7 on Debian 9.

What is libgst7

libgst7 is:

This package contains GNU Smalltalk virtual machine shared library.

For more information on GNU Smalltalk see the gnu-smalltalk package.

There are three methods to install libgst7 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 libgst7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgst7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgst7

Install libgst7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgst7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgst7

Install libgst7 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 libgst7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgst7

How To Uninstall libgst7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgst7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgst7

Uninstall libgst7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgst7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgst7

Remove libgst7 Configurations and Data

To remove libgst7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgst7

Remove libgst7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgst7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgst7

Dependencies

libgst7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgst7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.