How To Install libgtksourceview-4-tests on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgtksourceview-4-tests on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgtksourceview-4-tests is installed tests for the GTK+ syntax highlighting widget

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-4-tests on Debian 12.

What is libgtksourceview-4-tests

libgtksourceview-4-tests is:

GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ 3.x text widget GtkTextView. It improves GtkTextView by implementing syntax highlighting and other features typical of a source editor.

This package includes tests to be used on the installed system.

There are three methods to install libgtksourceview-4-tests on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgtksourceview-4-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview-4-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgtksourceview-4-tests

Install libgtksourceview-4-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview-4-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgtksourceview-4-tests

Install libgtksourceview-4-tests 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 libgtksourceview-4-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgtksourceview-4-tests

How To Uninstall libgtksourceview-4-tests on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgtksourceview-4-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgtksourceview-4-tests

Uninstall libgtksourceview-4-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgtksourceview-4-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtksourceview-4-tests

Remove libgtksourceview-4-tests Configurations and Data

To remove libgtksourceview-4-tests configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgtksourceview-4-tests

Remove libgtksourceview-4-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgtksourceview-4-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtksourceview-4-tests

Dependencies

libgtksourceview-4-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-4-tests package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.