How To Install gtkmm-documentation on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm-documentation on Debian 11.

What is gtkmm-documentation

gtkmm-documentation is:

GLib is a low-level general-purpose library used mainly by GTK+/GNOME applications, but is useful for other programs as well. glibmm is the C++ wrapper for GLib.

Gtkmm is a C++ interface for the popular GUI library GTK+. It provides a convenient interface for C++ programmers to create graphical user interfaces with GTK+’s flexible OO framework. Highlights include type safe callbacks, widgets extensible using inheritance and over 180 classes that can be freely combined to quickly create complex user interfaces.

This package contains tutorial, FAQ, as well as examples for the above components.

There are three methods to install gtkmm-documentation on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gtkmm-documentation Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtkmm-documentation

Install gtkmm-documentation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtkmm-documentation

Install gtkmm-documentation 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 gtkmm-documentation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtkmm-documentation

How To Uninstall gtkmm-documentation on Debian 11

To uninstall only the gtkmm-documentation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtkmm-documentation

Uninstall gtkmm-documentation And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtkmm-documentation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkmm-documentation

Remove gtkmm-documentation Configurations and Data

To remove gtkmm-documentation configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtkmm-documentation

Remove gtkmm-documentation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkmm-documentation

Dependencies

gtkmm-documentation have the following dependencies:

• doc-base
• libgtkmm-3.0-doc

References

• gtkmm-documentation website
• gtkmm-documentation on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkmm-documentation package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.