How To Install libgtk2-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-perl
on Debian 10.
What is libgtk2-perl
libgtk2-perl is:
Gtk2 allows you to write graphical user interfaces in a Perlish and object-oriented way, freeing you from the casting and memory management in C, yet remaining very close in spirit to original API.
Gtk+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, the Gtk+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. Find out more about Gtk+ at http://www.gtk.org.
There are three methods to install libgtk2-perl
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 libgtk2-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-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2-perl
Install libgtk2-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtk2-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgtk2-perl
Install libgtk2-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgtk2-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgtk2-perl
How To Uninstall libgtk2-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgtk2-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgtk2-perl
Uninstall libgtk2-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgtk2-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtk2-perl
Remove libgtk2-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgtk2-perl
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgtk2-perl
Remove libgtk2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgtk2-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtk2-perl
Dependencies
libgtk2-perl have the following dependencies:
- 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
- perl
- perlapi-5.28.0
- libcairo-perl
- libglib-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtk2-perl
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.