How To Install gtg on Debian 12

Learn how to install gtg on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gtg is organizer for the GNOME desktop environment

Introduction

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

What is gtg

gtg is:

Getting Things GNOME! (GTG) is a personal tasks and TODO-list items organizer for the GNOME desktop environment and inspired by the “Getting Things Done” (GTD) methodology.

GTG is designed with flexibility, adaptability, and ease of use in mind, so its user interface and workflow can be used as more than just “GTD” software. GTG is intended to help you track everything you need to do and need to know, from small tasks to large projects.

It features flexible tagging system, natural language parsing, task dependencies and an “actionable” task view mode so that you can focus on what you can act on “right now”.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtg

Install gtg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtg

Install gtg 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 gtg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtg

How To Uninstall gtg on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gtg

Uninstall gtg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtg

Remove gtg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gtg

Remove gtg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtg

Dependencies

gtg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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