How To Install libforms-bin on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libforms-bin on Debian 9.

What is libforms-bin

libforms-bin is:

This package includes the ‘fdesign’ XForms GUI designer and the ‘fd2ps’ XForms to PostScript programs.

This package can be handy if you’re an XForms developer.

There are three methods to install libforms-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libforms-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libforms-bin

Install libforms-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libforms-bin

Install libforms-bin 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 libforms-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libforms-bin

How To Uninstall libforms-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libforms-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libforms-bin

Uninstall libforms-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libforms-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libforms-bin

Remove libforms-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libforms-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libforms-bin

Remove libforms-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libforms-bin

Dependencies

libforms-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libforms2
• libx11-6
• libxpm4

References

• libforms-bin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libforms-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.