How To Install gnustep on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep on Debian 10.
What is gnustep
gnustep is:
These packages will give a fairly complete GNUstep user environment.
This is a metapackage depending on some of the important GNUstep applications.
There are three methods to install gnustep on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnustep
Install gnustep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnustep
Install gnustep 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 gnustep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnustep
How To Uninstall gnustep on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gnustep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnustep
Uninstall gnustep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnustep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep
Remove gnustep Configurations and Data
To remove gnustep configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep
Remove gnustep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnustep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep
Dependencies
gnustep have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.