How To Install winswitch on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install winswitch on Debian 9.
What is winswitch
winswitch is:
supports both seamless applications (via Xpra, NX and ssh) and full remote desktops (via NX, VNC, RDP). Once a session has been started via winswitch, it can be displayed on any other networked machine running the winswitch client.
There are three methods to install winswitch 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 winswitch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install winswitch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install winswitch
Install winswitch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install winswitch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install winswitch
Install winswitch 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 winswitch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install winswitch
How To Uninstall winswitch on Debian 9
To uninstall only the winswitch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove winswitch
Uninstall winswitch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall winswitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove winswitch
Remove winswitch Configurations and Data
To remove winswitch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge winswitch
Remove winswitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove winswitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winswitch
Dependencies
winswitch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install winswitch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
