How To Install education-desktop-kde on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-kde on Debian 9. education-desktop-kde is Debian Edu KDE desktop applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-kde on Debian 9.

What is education-desktop-kde

education-desktop-kde is:

This metapackage depends on various KDE office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

There are three methods to install education-desktop-kde 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 education-desktop-kde Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-kde using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install education-desktop-kde

Install education-desktop-kde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-kde using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install education-desktop-kde

Install education-desktop-kde 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 education-desktop-kde using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install education-desktop-kde

How To Uninstall education-desktop-kde on Debian 9

To uninstall only the education-desktop-kde package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove education-desktop-kde

Uninstall education-desktop-kde And Its Dependencies

To uninstall education-desktop-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-desktop-kde

Remove education-desktop-kde Configurations and Data

To remove education-desktop-kde configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge education-desktop-kde

Remove education-desktop-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove education-desktop-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-desktop-kde

Dependencies

education-desktop-kde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-kde package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.