How To Install gnome-text-editor on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-text-editor on Debian 12.
What is gnome-text-editor
gnome-text-editor is:
GNOME Text Editor is a simple editor for GNOME focused on being a good general purpose default editor.
It works hard to keep track of changes and state even if you quit the application. You can come back to your work even if you’ve never saved it to a file.
It is simpler than gedit.
There are three methods to install gnome-text-editor 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-text-editor 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-text-editor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-text-editor
Install gnome-text-editor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-text-editor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-text-editor
Install gnome-text-editor 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-text-editor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-text-editor
How To Uninstall gnome-text-editor on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-text-editor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-text-editor
Uninstall gnome-text-editor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-text-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-text-editor
Remove gnome-text-editor Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-text-editor configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-text-editor
Remove gnome-text-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-text-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-text-editor
Dependencies
gnome-text-editor have the following dependencies:
- libadwaita-1-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libeditorconfig0
- libenchant-2-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-4-1
- libgtksourceview-5-0
- libicu72
- libpango-1.0-0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-text-editor package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
