How To Install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. gir1.2-gtk-3.0 is GTK graphical user interface library – gir bindings GTK graphical user interface library – gir bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gir1.2-gtk-3.0`

gir1.2-gtk-3.0 is:

GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

This package can be used by other packages using the GIRepository format to generate dynamic bindings. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.24.18-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: introspection Source: gtk+3.0 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1011 Provides: gir1.2-gdk-3.0 (= 3.24.18-1ubuntu1), gir1.2-gdkx11-3.0 (= 3.24.18-1ubuntu1) Depends: gir1.2-atk-1.0 (>= 2.15.1), gir1.2-freedesktop (>= 1.39.0), gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 (>= 2.40.0), gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 1.39.0), gir1.2-pango-1.0 (>= 1.41.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.24.7), libgtk-3-common Breaks: python-gi (« 3.18), python3-gi (« 3.18) Filename: pool/main/g/gtk+3.0/gir1.2-gtk-3.0_3.24.18-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 196100 MD5sum: 7e511b055ec3f9da0ef0dadfd71a5f7d SHA1: ae981cec00bbea9e9093692a2d5df69b047eb18b SHA256: dd735021b2c07f852cfe06a297f727189a9e013f62fa3ad5d2ae969aa1b43b1e Homepage: https://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: GTK graphical user interface library – gir bindings GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

There are three methods to install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 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 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-gtk-3.0

How To Uninstall gir1.2-gtk-3.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gir1.2-gtk-3.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Uninstall gir1.2-gtk-3.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gir1.2-gtk-3.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Remove gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Configurations and Data

To remove gir1.2-gtk-3.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-gtk-3.0

Remove gir1.2-gtk-3.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-gtk-3.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-gtk-3.0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.