How To Install guile-gnome2-glib on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-gnome2-glib on Ubuntu 18.04. guile-gnome2-glib is Guile bindings for GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-gnome2-glib on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is guile-gnome2-glib

guile-gnome2-glib is:

This package contains Guile modules that provide access to the GLib library, including its object system, GObject.

There are three methods to install guile-gnome2-glib 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 guile-gnome2-glib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-gnome2-glib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guile-gnome2-glib

Install guile-gnome2-glib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-gnome2-glib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guile-gnome2-glib

Install guile-gnome2-glib 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 guile-gnome2-glib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-gnome2-glib

How To Uninstall guile-gnome2-glib on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the guile-gnome2-glib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-gnome2-glib

Uninstall guile-gnome2-glib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guile-gnome2-glib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-gnome2-glib

Remove guile-gnome2-glib Configurations and Data

To remove guile-gnome2-glib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-gnome2-glib

Remove guile-gnome2-glib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guile-gnome2-glib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-gnome2-glib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-gnome2-glib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.