If you are a Raspberry Pi user and want to learn Java language on Raspberry Pi, you should try to install GreenFoot IDE on your system from this article’s guidelines.
How to Install Greenfoot IDE on Raspberry Pi?
The Raspberry Pi users can easily install Greenfoot IDE on the Raspberry Pi system by following the below-mentioned steps:
Step 1: From the Application Menu, go to Preferences and click on Add/Remove Software:
Step 2: Then in the search box, type greenfoot.
Step 3: Select the Greenfoot bundle that appears on the screen, and click Apply:
Step 4: Then an authentication dialogue box will appear on the screen, enter the system’s username and password here:
Step 5: Then click OK to close the dialogue box:
After authentication, it will automatically start searching and installing the Greenfoot package:
Step 6: After a few minutes the package will install and you can open the Greenfoot IDE from the Programming option of the Application Menu:
The interface of Greenfoot IDE will look like as shown in the image below:
The taskbar of the Greenfoot IDE contains different tabs which can be used to perform the user desired actions:
Remove Greenfoot IDE from the Raspberry Pi
If after installing, you want to remove Greenfoot IDE from Raspberry Pi, then go back to the Add/Remove Software option and right-click on the package, select the Remove Package option.
After clicking on Remove Package, click on Apply to start the removal process:
An Additional confirmation prompt will appear on the screen click Continue here to completely remove Greenfoot IDE from the Raspberry Pi system:
Lastly, enter the password for authentication and click OK:
Then wait for a few minutes till it completely removes the Greenfoot IDE package:
Conclusion
Greenfoot IDE can be installed on Raspberry Pi from the Add/Remove Software option where you can search for the IDE to install it on the system. Later, you can open it from the Application Menu in the Programming section and start coding in Java programming language. You can also remove Greenfoot IDE by right-clicking on the Greenfoot package present in the Add/Remove software and finally click on Remove Package.
