How To Install gambas3-gb-qt4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-qt4 on Debian 9.
What is gambas3-gb-qt4
gambas3-gb-qt4 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 includes the Gambas QT GUI component.
There are three methods to install gambas3-gb-qt4 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-qt4 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-qt4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gambas3-gb-qt4
Install gambas3-gb-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-qt4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gambas3-gb-qt4
Install gambas3-gb-qt4 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-qt4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gambas3-gb-qt4
How To Uninstall gambas3-gb-qt4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gambas3-gb-qt4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gambas3-gb-qt4
Uninstall gambas3-gb-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gambas3-gb-qt4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambas3-gb-qt4
Remove gambas3-gb-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove gambas3-gb-qt4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gambas3-gb-qt4
Remove gambas3-gb-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gambas3-gb-qt4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambas3-gb-qt4
Dependencies
gambas3-gb-qt4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-qt4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.