How To Install ltsp-server-standalone on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ltsp-server-standalone on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ltsp-server-standalone
ltsp-server-standalone is:
This is a complete LTSP server environment with all LTSP server features including a DHCP server, remote device access using ltspfs, remote sound using pulseaudio, network swap using NBD and more.
LTSP stands for ‘Linux Terminal Server Project’.
There are three methods to install ltsp-server-standalone on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ltsp-server-standalone Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ltsp-server-standalone using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ltsp-server-standalone
Install ltsp-server-standalone Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ltsp-server-standalone using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ltsp-server-standalone
Install ltsp-server-standalone 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ltsp-server-standalone using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ltsp-server-standalone
How To Uninstall ltsp-server-standalone on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ltsp-server-standalone package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ltsp-server-standalone
Uninstall ltsp-server-standalone And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ltsp-server-standalone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ltsp-server-standalone
Remove ltsp-server-standalone Configurations and Data
To remove ltsp-server-standalone configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ltsp-server-standalone
Remove ltsp-server-standalone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ltsp-server-standalone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ltsp-server-standalone
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ltsp-server-standalone package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
