How To Install gnustep-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnustep-examples
gnustep-examples is:
A collection of examples for the GNUstep libraries. Some of them are useful applications on their own, others are intended only for testing purposes.
There are three methods to install gnustep-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-examples
Install gnustep-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnustep-examples
Install gnustep-examples 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-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-examples
How To Uninstall gnustep-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnustep-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnustep-examples
Uninstall gnustep-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnustep-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-examples
Remove gnustep-examples Configurations and Data
To remove gnustep-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-examples
Remove gnustep-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnustep-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
