How To Install gnustep-base-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnustep-base-common
gnustep-base-common is:
The GNUstep Base Library is a powerful fast library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C classes, inspired by the OpenStep API but implementing Apple and GNU additions to the API as well.
This package contains the common files needed by the GNUstep Base library. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-graphics
There are three methods to install gnustep-base-common
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnustep-base-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-base-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-base-common
Install gnustep-base-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-base-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnustep-base-common
Install gnustep-base-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-base-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-base-common
How To Uninstall gnustep-base-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnustep-base-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnustep-base-common
Uninstall gnustep-base-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnustep-base-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-base-common
Remove gnustep-base-common Configurations and Data
To remove gnustep-base-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-base-common
Remove gnustep-base-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnustep-base-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-base-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-base-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.