How To Install gcompris-qt on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-qt on Ubuntu.

What is `gcompris-qt`

gcompris-qt is:

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.

There are three methods to install gcompris-qt on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gcompris-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcompris-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcompris-qt

Install gcompris-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcompris-qt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcompris-qt

Install gcompris-qt 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 gcompris-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcompris-qt

How To Uninstall gcompris-qt on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gcompris-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcompris-qt

Uninstall gcompris-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcompris-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcompris-qt

Remove gcompris-qt Configurations and Data

To remove gcompris-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcompris-qt

Remove gcompris-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcompris-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcompris-qt

Dependencies

gcompris-qt have the following dependencies:

References

gcompris-qt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcompris-qt package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.