How To Install guile-gnome2-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-gnome2-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. guile-gnome2-gtk is Guile bindings for GTK+, libglade, Pango and ATK

Introduction

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

What is guile-gnome2-gtk

guile-gnome2-gtk is:

This package contains Guile modules that provide access to the GTK+ widget set library and its companion libraries libglade, Pango and ATK.

There are three methods to install guile-gnome2-gtk 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install guile-gnome2-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-gnome2-gtk

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

sudo aptitude -y install guile-gnome2-gtk

How To Uninstall guile-gnome2-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove guile-gnome2-gtk

Uninstall guile-gnome2-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guile-gnome2-gtk 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-gtk

Remove guile-gnome2-gtk Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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