How To Install scratch on Debian 10

Learn how to install scratch on Debian 10 with this tutorial. scratch is easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scratch on Debian 10.

What is scratch

scratch is:

Scratch is an easy, interactive, collaborative programming environment designed for creation of interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – and sharing these on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scratch

Install scratch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scratch

Install scratch 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 scratch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scratch

How To Uninstall scratch on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove scratch

Uninstall scratch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scratch

Remove scratch Configurations and Data

To remove scratch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge scratch

Remove scratch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scratch

Dependencies

scratch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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