How To Install gnome-games-app on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-games-app on Debian 12.
What is gnome-games-app
gnome-games-app is:
GNOME Games lets you browse your video games library and easily pick and play a game from it.
There are three methods to install gnome-games-app on Debian 12. 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-games-app 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-games-app using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-games-app
Install gnome-games-app Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-games-app using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-games-app
Install gnome-games-app 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-games-app using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-games-app
How To Uninstall gnome-games-app on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-games-app package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-games-app
Uninstall gnome-games-app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-games-app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-games-app
Remove gnome-games-app Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-games-app configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-games-app
Remove gnome-games-app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-games-app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-games-app
Dependencies
gnome-games-app have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libarchive13
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgrilo-0.3-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libhandy-1-0
- libmanette-0.2-0
- libretro-gtk-1-0
- librsvg2-2
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libtracker-sparql-3.0-0
- libxml2
- tracker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-games-app package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.