How To Install bwbasic on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwbasic on Debian 11.
What is bwbasic
bwbasic is:
The Bywater BASIC Interpreter (bwBASIC) implements a large superset of the ANSI Standard for Minimal BASIC (X3.60-1978) and a significant subset of the ANSI Standard for Full BASIC (X3.113-1987) in C. It also offers shell programming facilities as an extension of BASIC. bwBASIC seeks to be as portable as possible.
There are three methods to install bwbasic on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bwbasic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bwbasic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bwbasic
Install bwbasic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bwbasic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bwbasic
Install bwbasic 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 bwbasic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bwbasic
How To Uninstall bwbasic on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bwbasic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bwbasic
Uninstall bwbasic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bwbasic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bwbasic
Remove bwbasic Configurations and Data
To remove bwbasic configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bwbasic
Remove bwbasic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bwbasic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bwbasic
Dependencies
bwbasic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bwbasic package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
