Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, like Visual Basic™ (but it is NOT a clone). If you are looking for a faster and easy way of developing various applications on linux system then Gambas might be the one you were looking for.

Here’s how to install the Gambas using apt-get:

Modify your sources.list file. vi /etc/apt/sources.list, then add deb http://apt.linex.org/linex/gambas/1.9.49/stable/ ./

after modifying your sources.list file and install the the gambas, run apt-get install gambas , The gambas ide along with the examples will be installed, and an additional menu under “Applications” named programming will be added, under the programming menu, you’ll be able to find the Gambas. Thats all about it.

Happy Gambas eating with the penguin!

The image above is a screenshot of the gambas ide and the sample program i’ve made.