How To Install gnu-smalltalk-common 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 gnu-smalltalk-common on Ubuntu.

What is gnu-smalltalk-common

gnu-smalltalk-common is:

This package contains GNU Smalltalk class library sources, examples, and extras SmallTalk ARchives (.star files).

Some of the Smalltalk archives included:

• SUnit
• Glorp
• Magritte
• XML
• XSL
• XPath
• WebServer
• Swazoo
• Seaside
• ROE
• SandstoneDb

For more information on GNU Smalltalk see the gnu-smalltalk package.

There are three methods to install gnu-smalltalk-common 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 gnu-smalltalk-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnu-smalltalk-common

Install gnu-smalltalk-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnu-smalltalk-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnu-smalltalk-common

Install gnu-smalltalk-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnu-smalltalk-common

How To Uninstall gnu-smalltalk-common on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnu-smalltalk-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnu-smalltalk-common

Uninstall gnu-smalltalk-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnu-smalltalk-common

Remove gnu-smalltalk-common Configurations and Data

To remove gnu-smalltalk-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnu-smalltalk-common

Remove gnu-smalltalk-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnu-smalltalk-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnu-smalltalk-common

Dependencies

gnu-smalltalk-common have the following dependencies:

References

• gnu-smalltalk-common website

Summary

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