How To Install scratch on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scratch
on Debian 11.
What is scratch
scratch is:
Scratch is an easy, interactive, collaborative programming environment designed for creation of interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – and sharing these on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.
There are three methods to install scratch
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scratch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scratch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scratch
Install scratch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scratch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scratch
Install scratch 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 scratch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scratch
How To Uninstall scratch on Debian 11
To uninstall only the scratch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scratch
Uninstall scratch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scratch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scratch
Remove scratch Configurations and Data
To remove scratch
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scratch
Remove scratch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scratch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scratch
Dependencies
scratch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scratch
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.