How To Install gimp-gluas on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-gluas on Debian 9. gimp-gluas is Lua environment plug-in for GIMP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-gluas on Debian 9.

What is gimp-gluas

gimp-gluas is:

Gluas is a GIMP plug-in providing an environment for testing algorithms for image processing, using the Lua interpreter. The environment contains a simple editor for entering the algorithms.

There are three methods to install gimp-gluas 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 gimp-gluas Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gimp-gluas

Install gimp-gluas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gimp-gluas

Install gimp-gluas 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 gimp-gluas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gimp-gluas

How To Uninstall gimp-gluas on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gimp-gluas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gimp-gluas

Uninstall gimp-gluas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gimp-gluas

Remove gimp-gluas Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gimp-gluas

Remove gimp-gluas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gimp-gluas

Dependencies

gimp-gluas have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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