How To Install libforms2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforms2 on Debian 10.
What is libforms2
libforms2 is:
This package contains the XForms shared library.
XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, scrollbars, and menus etc. integrated into an easy and efficient object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy construction of X-applications. In addition, the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and added to the library.
There are three methods to install libforms2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libforms2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libforms2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libforms2
Install libforms2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libforms2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libforms2
Install libforms2 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 libforms2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libforms2
How To Uninstall libforms2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libforms2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libforms2
Uninstall libforms2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libforms2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libforms2
Remove libforms2 Configurations and Data
To remove libforms2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libforms2
Remove libforms2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libforms2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libforms2
Dependencies
libforms2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforms2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.