How To Install geogebra-gnome on Debian 10

Learn how to install geogebra-gnome on Debian 10 with this tutorial. geogebra-gnome is GNOME integration layer for GeoGebra

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geogebra-gnome on Debian 10.

What is geogebra-gnome

geogebra-gnome is:

GeoGebra is a dynamic geometry system. You can do constructions with points, vectors, segments, lines, conic sections as well as functions and change them dynamically afterwards. On the other hand, equations and coordinates can be entered directly.

Support for many geometric constructions is provided, as well as support for many elementary calculus-based tools (derivatives, osculating circle, …).

GeoGebra files can be exported in many different formats, or as interactive applets for web pages.

This package contains the GNOME thumbnailer for the GeoGebra file format.

There are three methods to install geogebra-gnome on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install geogebra-gnome Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geogebra-gnome

Install geogebra-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geogebra-gnome

Install geogebra-gnome 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 geogebra-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geogebra-gnome

How To Uninstall geogebra-gnome on Debian 10

To uninstall only the geogebra-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geogebra-gnome

Uninstall geogebra-gnome And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geogebra-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geogebra-gnome

Remove geogebra-gnome Configurations and Data

To remove geogebra-gnome configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geogebra-gnome

Remove geogebra-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geogebra-gnome

Dependencies

geogebra-gnome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geogebra-gnome package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.