How To Install gjots2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjots2 on Debian 9.
What is gjots2
gjots2 is:
gjots2 is a fairly simple jotter (outline processor) and notetaking application for your desktop.
You can use gjots2 to organize your jottings into a tree structure, adding thoughts and miscellany as you go. You can get it to spit out HTML, XML, postscript, pdf, man, etc if you want (see the online manual for an example of the HTML conversion).
Some people use it for notes, personal bits and pieces, recipes, DocBook XML documents and even PINs and passwords (encrypted with ccrypt(1), openssl(1) or gpg(1)).
It’s a bit like the KDE program kjots but it uses the GTK-2 library.
There are three methods to install gjots2 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 gjots2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gjots2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gjots2
Install gjots2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gjots2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gjots2
Install gjots2 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 gjots2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gjots2
How To Uninstall gjots2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gjots2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gjots2
Uninstall gjots2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gjots2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gjots2
Remove gjots2 Configurations and Data
To remove gjots2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gjots2
Remove gjots2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gjots2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gjots2
Dependencies
gjots2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjots2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.