How To Install libgtk2-gst on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-gst on Debian 9.

What is libgtk2-gst

libgtk2-gst is:

This package contains the GTK+ bindings for GNU Smalltalk.

For more information on the browser see the gnu-smalltalk-browser package.

There are three methods to install libgtk2-gst 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 libgtk2-gst 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-gst using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2-gst

Install libgtk2-gst Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgtk2-gst

Install libgtk2-gst 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 libgtk2-gst using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgtk2-gst

How To Uninstall libgtk2-gst on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libgtk2-gst

Uninstall libgtk2-gst And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgtk2-gst and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtk2-gst

Remove libgtk2-gst Configurations and Data

To remove libgtk2-gst configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgtk2-gst

Remove libgtk2-gst configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtk2-gst

Dependencies

libgtk2-gst have the following dependencies:

• gnu-smalltalk
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0

References

• libgtk2-gst website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-gst package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.