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How to install Gambas 3.10.90 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Gambas 3.10.90 on Ubuntu 18.04
Gambas is free development environment and a development platform based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions. Designed to run on Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems, its name is a recursive acronym for Gambas Almost Means Basic. Gambas is intended to provide a similar experience as developing in Microsoft Visual Basic but it is not considered to the clone of Visual Basic, merely as a counterpart. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Gambas 3.10.90 on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Now we have to add a new repository for installing a Gambas application.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas-daily
 This PPA contain the latest development version of Gambas.
Currently supported Ubuntu releases:
- 12.04.X LTS
- 14.04.X LTS
- 14.10
- 15.04
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~gambas-team/+archive/ubuntu/gambas-daily
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
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Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gambas-team/gambas-daily/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.4 kB]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gambas-team/gambas-daily/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [14.3 kB]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gambas-team/gambas-daily/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [14.3 kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gambas-team/gambas-daily/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [5,932 B]
Fetched 50.0 kB in 3s (17.6 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Update the system repository as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gambas-team/gambas-daily/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease        
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease               
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

And then proceed the installation of Gambas. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gambas3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Setting up gambas3-gb-desktop-gnome-keyring (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up gambas3-gb-qt4 (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up libqtwebkit4:amd64 (2.3.2-0ubuntu13) ...
Setting up gambas3-gb-qt4-ext (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up gambas3-gb-qt4-webkit (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up gambas3-gb-qt4-opengl (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up gambas3-ide (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up gambas3 (3.11.90+git6447.d552008+build1384661d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Accept the application from the activity menu and click to open it.

With this, the method to install Gambas 3.10.90 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Gambas Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
What was its original alternative in Gambas?
A
Alternative for this "Xamarin Studio,Xojo,Cevelop".
Q
Is Gambas compatible with Visual Basic?
A
No, and it will never be! Fortunately, there are many similarities, but do not expect to take your old Visual Basic code and run it on Gambas without any change. You can go the troubleshooting page to find some examples of the differences between the two languages.
Q
Can I access my PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc. database with Gambas?
A
You can currently access PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and ODBC databases. If you want to develop a driver for another database system, tell me. You are welcome!
Q
How do I uninstall Gambas?
A
if you have installed Gambas under /opt/gambas3, just enter the following as root:

$ rm -rf /opt/gambas3

If the installation prefix is /usr, or /usr/local (which is the default) then you have to remove each
Q
What toolkits are enabled in this?
A
Qt or the GTK+ toolkit are used here for this.