How To Install gbonds on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbonds on Debian 9.
What is gbonds
gbonds is:
GBonds is a Savings Bond inventory program for the GNOME desktop environment. It allows you to track the current redemption value and performance of your U.S. Savings Bonds and keep a valuable record of the bonds you own. GBonds is similar in functionality to Savings Bond Wizard from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Features:
- Tracks savings notes and series E, EE, and I savings bonds.
- Uses U.S. Treasury Department redemption files without modification.
- Imports inventories created with Savings Bond Wizard.
- Tracks current value of both individual bonds and an entire inventory.
There are three methods to install gbonds 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 gbonds Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gbonds using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gbonds
Install gbonds Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gbonds using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gbonds
Install gbonds 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 gbonds using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gbonds
How To Uninstall gbonds on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gbonds package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gbonds
Uninstall gbonds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gbonds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbonds
Remove gbonds Configurations and Data
To remove gbonds configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gbonds
Remove gbonds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gbonds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbonds
Dependencies
gbonds have the following dependencies:
- gbonds-data
- gbonds-data
- gconf-service
- libbonobo2-0
- libbonoboui2-0
- libc6
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-2-0
- libgnomeui-0
- libgnomevfs2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbonds package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.