How To Install gourmand on Debian 12

Learn how to install gourmand on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gourmand is Recipe organizer and shopping list generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gourmand on Debian 12.

What is gourmand

gourmand is:

Gourmet Recipe Manager is a gtk-based application to store, organize and search recipes.

Features:

  • Makes it easy to create shopping lists from recipes.
  • Imports recipes from a number of sources, including MealMaster and MasterCook archives and several popular websites.
  • Exports recipes as PDF files, plain text, MealMaster files, HTML web pages, and a custom XML format for exchange with other Gourmet users.
  • Supports linking images with recipes.
  • Can calculate nutritional information for recipes based on the ingredients.

There are three methods to install gourmand 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 gourmand Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gourmand using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gourmand

Install gourmand Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gourmand using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gourmand

Install gourmand 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 gourmand using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gourmand

How To Uninstall gourmand on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gourmand package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gourmand

Uninstall gourmand And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gourmand and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gourmand

Remove gourmand Configurations and Data

To remove gourmand configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gourmand

Remove gourmand configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gourmand configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gourmand

Dependencies

gourmand have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gourmand package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.