---
name: "gb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gb"
version: "0.0.20-6"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gb"
---

# gb(1)

command-line Gnome Basic controller

## NAME

gb - command-line Gnome Basic controller

## SYNOPSIS

**gb** \[ *generic-options* \] \[ **--debug=***level* \] *project-file*

## DESCRIPTION

**Gnome Basic** is an embryonic attempt to provide Visual Basic compatible functionality for the GNOME project, particularly with respect to office (VBA) compatibility.

**gb** is the command-line Gnome Basic controller. It is used to execute the given Gnome Basic project in the interpreter. Gnome Basic project files generally end in *.vbp*.

Note that Gnome Basic is no longer under active development.  It is expected that Mono Basic will replace Gnome Basic as the preferred Visual Basic interpreter.

## OPTIONS

Below are the gb-specific options. For a full summary of options, run *gb --help*.

- **--debug=***level*

  Enable some debugging functions.

## SEE ALSO

Some documentation from the program author is available in */usr/share/doc/gb/text/*. See *http://www.gnome.org/gb/* for further information.

## AUTHOR

Gnome Basic was written by Michael Meeks \<michael@ximian.com\>, Jody Goldberg \<jgoldberg@home.com\>, Ravi Pratap \<ravi\_pratap@email.com\>, Frank Chiulli \<fc-linux@home.com\> and others.\
 This manual page was written by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).