How To Install gprompter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprompter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. gprompter-dbg is intelligent predictive GTK+ text editor (debugging symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprompter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gprompter-dbg

gprompter-dbg is:

gprompter is a cross-platform predictive text editor, based on presage, the intelligent predictive text entry platform.

This package contains the debugging symbols for gprompter.

There are three methods to install gprompter-dbg 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 gprompter-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gprompter-dbg

Install gprompter-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gprompter-dbg

Install gprompter-dbg 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 gprompter-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gprompter-dbg

How To Uninstall gprompter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gprompter-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gprompter-dbg

Uninstall gprompter-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gprompter-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gprompter-dbg

Remove gprompter-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove gprompter-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gprompter-dbg

Remove gprompter-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gprompter-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprompter-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.