How To Install grcm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grcm on Debian 9.
What is grcm
grcm is:
GNOME Remote Connection Manager is an application that provides an easy way to initiate connections to remote machines. Its primary goal is to provide a GUI to launch ssh, telnet and rdesktop type of applications, however it is highly configurable.
There are three methods to install grcm 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 grcm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grcm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grcm
Install grcm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grcm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grcm
Install grcm 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 grcm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grcm
How To Uninstall grcm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the grcm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grcm
Uninstall grcm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grcm
Remove grcm Configurations and Data
To remove grcm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grcm
Remove grcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grcm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grcm
Dependencies
grcm have the following dependencies:
- gconf-service
- libart-2.0-2
- libatk1.0-0
- libbonobo2-0
- libbonoboui2-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgconf-2-4
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnome-2-0
- libgnomecanvas2-0
- libgnomeui-0
- libgnomevfs2-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grcm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
