How To Install education-desktop-other on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-other on Debian 9. education-desktop-other is Debian Edu non-GNOME- and non-KDE-specific desktop applications

Introduction

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

What is education-desktop-other

education-desktop-other is:

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

There are three methods to install education-desktop-other 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-other 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-other using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install education-desktop-other Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install education-desktop-other

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

sudo aptitude -y install education-desktop-other

How To Uninstall education-desktop-other on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove education-desktop-other

Uninstall education-desktop-other And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove education-desktop-other Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

education-desktop-other have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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