How To Install junior-math on Debian 10

Learn how to install junior-math on Debian 10 with this tutorial. junior-math is Debian Jr. educational math

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install junior-math on Debian 10.

What is junior-math

junior-math is:

This metapackage will install educational math programs suitable for children. Some of the packages use mathematics that is well beyond the abilities of young children (e.g. fractals and cryptography), but hopefully using these let them gain an appreciation of the beauty of math from an early age. Other packages allow children to explore and learn math concepts in an engaging, interactive way. Some packages are more general, providing math activities as only one part of the package, e.g. bsdgames includes “arithmetic” in addition to other non-math games, and x11-apps provides xcalc.

There are three methods to install junior-math on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install junior-math Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install junior-math using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install junior-math

Install junior-math Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install junior-math using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install junior-math

Install junior-math 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 junior-math using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install junior-math

How To Uninstall junior-math on Debian 10

To uninstall only the junior-math package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove junior-math

Uninstall junior-math And Its Dependencies

To uninstall junior-math and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove junior-math

Remove junior-math Configurations and Data

To remove junior-math configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge junior-math

Remove junior-math configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove junior-math configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge junior-math

Dependencies

junior-math have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install junior-math package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.