How To Install gambas3-gb-sdl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-sdl on Debian 12.
What is gambas3-gb-sdl
gambas3-gb-sdl 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 use the ttf fonts parts of the SDL library. If opengl drivers are installed it uses it to accelerate 2D and 3D drawing.
There are three methods to install gambas3-gb-sdl on Debian 12. 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-sdl 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-sdl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gambas3-gb-sdl
Install gambas3-gb-sdl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gambas3-gb-sdl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gambas3-gb-sdl
Install gambas3-gb-sdl 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-sdl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gambas3-gb-sdl
How To Uninstall gambas3-gb-sdl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gambas3-gb-sdl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gambas3-gb-sdl
Uninstall gambas3-gb-sdl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gambas3-gb-sdl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambas3-gb-sdl
Remove gambas3-gb-sdl Configurations and Data
To remove gambas3-gb-sdl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gambas3-gb-sdl
Remove gambas3-gb-sdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gambas3-gb-sdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambas3-gb-sdl
Dependencies
gambas3-gb-sdl have the following dependencies:
- fonts-dejavu-core
- gambas3-gb-image
- gambas3-gb-image-io
- gambas3-runtime
- libc6
- libgl1
- libglew2.2
- libsdl-ttf2.0-0
- libsdl1.2debian
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
- libxcursor1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambas3-gb-sdl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
