How To Install gcompris-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-data on Debian 9. gcompris-data is Data files for GCompris

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-data on Debian 9.

What is gcompris-data

gcompris-data is:

GCompris is a collection of educational games for small children.

This package contains the definitions of these standard boards, along with associated images.

Some boards make use of sounds. For those you’ll have to install the gcompris-sound package for the languages you intend to use.

There are three methods to install gcompris-data 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 gcompris-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcompris-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcompris-data

Install gcompris-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcompris-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcompris-data

Install gcompris-data 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 gcompris-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcompris-data

How To Uninstall gcompris-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gcompris-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcompris-data

Uninstall gcompris-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcompris-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcompris-data

Remove gcompris-data Configurations and Data

To remove gcompris-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcompris-data

Remove gcompris-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcompris-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcompris-data

Dependencies

gcompris-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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