How To Install gnome-maps on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-maps on Debian 9.
What is gnome-maps
gnome-maps is:
Maps is a map application for GNOME that allows you to view maps in different zoom levels, search for places, etc.
There are three methods to install gnome-maps 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-maps 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-maps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-maps
Install gnome-maps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-maps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-maps
Install gnome-maps 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-maps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-maps
How To Uninstall gnome-maps on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-maps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-maps
Uninstall gnome-maps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-maps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-maps
Remove gnome-maps Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-maps configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-maps
Remove gnome-maps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-maps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-maps
Dependencies
gnome-maps have the following dependencies:
- geoclue-2.0
- gir1.2-champlain-0.12
- gir1.2-clutter-1.0
- gir1.2-cogl-1.0
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-geoclue-2.0
- gir1.2-geocodeglib-1.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-goa-1.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-gtkchamplain-0.12
- gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0
- gir1.2-gfbgraph-0.2
- gir1.2-gweather-3.0
- gir1.2-rest-0.7
- gir1.2-secret-1
- gir1.2-soup-2.4
- gir1.2-webkit2-4.0
- gjs
- libglib2.0-bin
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libchamplain-0.12-0
- libclutter-1.0-0
- libcogl-pango20
- libcogl-path20
- libcogl20
- libdrm2
- libegl1-mesa
- libfolks25
- libgbm1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libgeocode-glib0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- librest-0.7-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libwayland-client0
- libwayland-cursor0
- libwayland-egl1-mesa
- libwayland-server0
- libx11-6
- libxcomposite1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-maps package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.