How To Install gambas3-gb-desktop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-desktop on Debian 9.
What is gambas3-gb-desktop
gambas3-gb-desktop is:
Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, like Visual Basic(tm) (but it is NOT a clone!).
This package provides access to the Portland project (http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/) xdg utilities.
There are three methods to install gambas3-gb-desktop 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 gambas3-gb-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gambas3-gb-desktop
Install gambas3-gb-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gambas3-gb-desktop
Install gambas3-gb-desktop 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 gambas3-gb-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gambas3-gb-desktop
How To Uninstall gambas3-gb-desktop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gambas3-gb-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gambas3-gb-desktop
Uninstall gambas3-gb-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gambas3-gb-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambas3-gb-desktop
Remove gambas3-gb-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove gambas3-gb-desktop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gambas3-gb-desktop
Remove gambas3-gb-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gambas3-gb-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambas3-gb-desktop
Dependencies
gambas3-gb-desktop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-desktop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.