How To Install gnome on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome on Debian 9.
What is gnome
gnome is:
This is the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop, with extra components.
This metapackage depends on the standard distribution of the GNOME desktop environment, plus a complete range of plugins and other applications integrating with GNOME and Debian, providing the best possible environment to date.
There are three methods to install gnome 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 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 gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome
Install gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome
Install 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 gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome
How To Uninstall gnome on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome
Uninstall gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome
Remove gnome Configurations and Data
To remove gnome configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome
Remove gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome
Dependencies
gnome have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.