How To Install charmap.app on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install charmap.app on Debian 9. charmap.app is Character map for GNUstep

Introduction

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

What is charmap.app

charmap.app is:

This is a character map. It is developed using the GNUstep development environment (www.gnustep.org) and is meant to contribute to GNUstep’s promise towards a desktop environment.

Charmap offers font selection, allowing one to easily see all the glyphs which a particular font offers.

There are three methods to install charmap.app 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 charmap.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install charmap.app

Install charmap.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install charmap.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install charmap.app

Install charmap.app 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 charmap.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install charmap.app

How To Uninstall charmap.app on Debian 9

To uninstall only the charmap.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove charmap.app

Uninstall charmap.app And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove charmap.app

Remove charmap.app Configurations and Data

To remove charmap.app configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge charmap.app

Remove charmap.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charmap.app

Dependencies

charmap.app have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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