Install gcompris on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install gcompris
Learn how to install gcompris with the command sudo apt-get install gcompris on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of gcompris:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: gcompris
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install gcompris
Package Details | |
| Package: | gcompris |
| Version: | 12.01-0ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://gcompris.net/ |
| Description: | Educational games for small children GCompris is a large collection of educational games for small children. It is designed to be a unified interface to integrate more educational games. . Language-oriented games contain vocabulary, sounds, and voices for many different languages; check the gcompris-sound packages for your language. . Currently available boards include: * learning how to use a mouse and keyboard * learning simple arithmetic * learning how to read an analog clock * recognize letters after hearing their names * reading practice * small games (memory games, jigsaw puzzles, ...). . It is designed so that it is easy to implement new boards into GCompris. . A number of boards are only available if other packages are installed; see the Suggests list for more details. Homepage: http://gcompris.net/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/games |
How to install gcompris on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If gcompris is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gcompris' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L gcompris Package `gcompris' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing gcompris:
After system update use the following command to install gcompris:
sudo apt-get install gcompris
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove gcompris from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gcompris from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the gcompris following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove gcompris
Following command is used to remove the gcompris package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gcompris
This will remove gcompris and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing gcompris with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge gcompris
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gcompris
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gcompris package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.