How To Install turnin-ng on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install turnin-ng on Debian 10.
What is turnin-ng
turnin-ng is:
Turnin-NG is an assignment submission suite written in Python and composed of turnin and turnincfg. Students can use the turnin command to submit an assignment to a course. Professors and TAs (teaching assistants) can use turnincfg to manage submitted assignments, making them easier to grade.
There are three methods to install turnin-ng 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 turnin-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install turnin-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install turnin-ng
Install turnin-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install turnin-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install turnin-ng
Install turnin-ng 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 turnin-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install turnin-ng
How To Uninstall turnin-ng on Debian 10
To uninstall only the turnin-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove turnin-ng
Uninstall turnin-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall turnin-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove turnin-ng
Remove turnin-ng Configurations and Data
To remove turnin-ng configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge turnin-ng
Remove turnin-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove turnin-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge turnin-ng
Dependencies
turnin-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install turnin-ng package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
