How To Install gnu-smalltalk on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-smalltalk on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnu-smalltalk
gnu-smalltalk is:
GNU Smalltalk is an implementation that closely follows the Smalltalk-80 language as described in the book `Smalltalk-80: the Language and its Implementation’ by Adele Goldberg and David Robson.
This package contains the GNU Smalltalk interpreter and the base image.
There are three methods to install gnu-smalltalk on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnu-smalltalk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnu-smalltalk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnu-smalltalk
Install gnu-smalltalk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnu-smalltalk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnu-smalltalk
Install gnu-smalltalk 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 gnu-smalltalk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnu-smalltalk
How To Uninstall gnu-smalltalk on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnu-smalltalk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnu-smalltalk
Uninstall gnu-smalltalk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnu-smalltalk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnu-smalltalk
Remove gnu-smalltalk Configurations and Data
To remove gnu-smalltalk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnu-smalltalk
Remove gnu-smalltalk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnu-smalltalk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnu-smalltalk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-smalltalk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
