How To Install vino on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vino on Debian 9.
What is vino
vino is:
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There are three methods to install vino 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 vino Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vino using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vino
Install vino Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vino using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vino
Install vino 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 vino using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vino
How To Uninstall vino on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vino package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vino
Uninstall vino And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vino and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vino
Remove vino Configurations and Data
To remove vino configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vino
Remove vino configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vino configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vino
Dependencies
vino have the following dependencies:
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libavahi-glib1
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgcrypt20
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libgtk-3-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vino package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
