How To Install gnustep-gui-runtime 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 gnustep-gui-runtime on Ubuntu.

What is `gnustep-gui-runtime`

gnustep-gui-runtime is:

The GNUstep GUI Library is a powerful library of graphical user interface classes written completely in the Objective-C language; the classes are based upon the OpenStep specification, and provide the user with a traditional nextstep-like look and feel.

This package contains the runtime support files needed by GNUstep GUI applications.

There are three methods to install gnustep-gui-runtime 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 gnustep-gui-runtime Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-gui-runtime using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-gui-runtime

Install gnustep-gui-runtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-gui-runtime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnustep-gui-runtime

Install gnustep-gui-runtime 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 gnustep-gui-runtime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-gui-runtime

How To Uninstall gnustep-gui-runtime on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gnustep-gui-runtime package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnustep-gui-runtime

Uninstall gnustep-gui-runtime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-gui-runtime

Remove gnustep-gui-runtime Configurations and Data

To remove gnustep-gui-runtime configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-gui-runtime

Remove gnustep-gui-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnustep-gui-runtime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-gui-runtime

Dependencies

gnustep-gui-runtime have the following dependencies:

References

gnustep-gui-runtime website

Summary

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