How To Install education-desktop-xfce on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-xfce on Debian 10.
What is education-desktop-xfce
education-desktop-xfce is:
This metapackage depends on various Xfce components that are useful for teachers and their students.
There are three methods to install education-desktop-xfce 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 education-desktop-xfce Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-xfce using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install education-desktop-xfce
Install education-desktop-xfce Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-xfce using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install education-desktop-xfce
Install education-desktop-xfce 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 education-desktop-xfce using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install education-desktop-xfce
How To Uninstall education-desktop-xfce on Debian 10
To uninstall only the education-desktop-xfce package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove education-desktop-xfce
Uninstall education-desktop-xfce And Its Dependencies
To uninstall education-desktop-xfce and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-desktop-xfce
Remove education-desktop-xfce Configurations and Data
To remove education-desktop-xfce configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge education-desktop-xfce
Remove education-desktop-xfce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove education-desktop-xfce configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-desktop-xfce
Dependencies
education-desktop-xfce have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-xfce package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.