How To Install debian-edu-config on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-edu-config on Debian 9.
What is debian-edu-config
debian-edu-config is:
Installs cfengine config files to be used by the machines set up as part of the Skolelinux project.
There are three methods to install debian-edu-config on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install debian-edu-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-edu-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-edu-config
Install debian-edu-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-edu-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-edu-config
Install debian-edu-config Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-edu-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-edu-config
How To Uninstall debian-edu-config on Debian 9
To uninstall only the debian-edu-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-edu-config
Uninstall debian-edu-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-edu-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-edu-config
Remove debian-edu-config Configurations and Data
To remove debian-edu-config configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-edu-config
Remove debian-edu-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-edu-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-edu-config
Dependencies
debian-edu-config have the following dependencies:
- initscripts
- debconf
- lsb-base
- cfengine2
- debconf-utils
- debian-edu-artwork
- desktop-profiles
- education-tasks
- fping
- host
- isenkram-cli
- ldap-utils
- libconfig-inifiles-perl
- libfilesys-df-perl
- libhtml-fromtext-perl
- libio-socket-ssl-perl
- libnet-ldap-perl
- libnet-netmask-perl
- libpacparser1
- libpam-python
- libproxy1-plugin-kconfig
- libproxy1-plugin-mozjs
- libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
- libterm-readkey-perl
- libtext-unaccent-perl
- lockfile-progs
- lsb-release
- mime-support
- net-tools
- netcat
- ng-utils
- openssl
- patch
- python
- python-notify
- smbldap-tools
- ssl-cert
- swaks
- tftp
- uuid
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-edu-config package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
