How To Install gforth-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gforth-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gforth-common
gforth-common is:
This is the GNU’ish implementation of a Forth programming environment.
Forth, as a language, is best known for being stack-based, and completely extensible. Each Forth environment provides one or more dictionaries of pre-defined words, and programming in Forth consists of defining and executing new words that are combinations of previously defined words. It has been said that learning Forth changes forever the way you think about writing programs.
This package provides the architecture-independent Forth dictionaries.
There are three methods to install gforth-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gforth-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gforth-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gforth-common
Install gforth-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gforth-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gforth-common
Install gforth-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gforth-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gforth-common
How To Uninstall gforth-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gforth-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gforth-common
Uninstall gforth-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gforth-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gforth-common
Remove gforth-common Configurations and Data
To remove gforth-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gforth-common
Remove gforth-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gforth-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gforth-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gforth-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
