How To Install gm2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gm2 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gm2
gm2 is:
This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Modula-2 compiler.
There are three methods to install gm2 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gm2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gm2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gm2
Install gm2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gm2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gm2
Install gm2 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 gm2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gm2
How To Uninstall gm2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gm2
Uninstall gm2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gm2
Remove gm2 Configurations and Data
To remove gm2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gm2
Remove gm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gm2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gm2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
