How To Install libgtk2-gladexml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-gladexml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libgtk2-gladexml-perl is Perl interface to use user interfaces created with glade-2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-gladexml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgtk2-gladexml-perl

libgtk2-gladexml-perl is:

libgtk2-gladexml-perl allows a Perl developer to use the gladexml part of the libglade library.

Glade is a free user interface builder for Gtk+ and GNOME. After designing a user interface with glade-2 the layout and configuration are saved in an XML file. libglade is a library which knows how to build and hook up the user interface described in the Glade XML file at application run time.

This module even allows developers to load a interface definition into a scalar to customize them just before loading the application itself.

Find out more about GNOME at http://www.gnome.org.

The perl bindings follow the C API very closely, and the C reference documentation should be considered the canonical source: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/libglade/index.html

This module is part of gtk2-perl.

To discuss gtk2-perl, ask questions and flame/praise the authors, join [email protected] at lists.gnome.org.

Also have a look at the gtk2-perl website and sourceforge project page, http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net

There are three methods to install libgtk2-gladexml-perl 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 libgtk2-gladexml-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtk2-gladexml-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Install libgtk2-gladexml-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtk2-gladexml-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Install libgtk2-gladexml-perl 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 libgtk2-gladexml-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgtk2-gladexml-perl

How To Uninstall libgtk2-gladexml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgtk2-gladexml-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Uninstall libgtk2-gladexml-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgtk2-gladexml-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Remove libgtk2-gladexml-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libgtk2-gladexml-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Remove libgtk2-gladexml-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgtk2-gladexml-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtk2-gladexml-perl

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-gladexml-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.