How To Install education-laptop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install education-laptop on Debian 9.
What is education-laptop
education-laptop is:
A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all laptop installations in the Debian Edu Blend. These packages extend the Debian laptop task.
There are three methods to install education-laptop 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 education-laptop 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-laptop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install education-laptop
Install education-laptop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install education-laptop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install education-laptop
Install education-laptop 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-laptop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install education-laptop
How To Uninstall education-laptop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the education-laptop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove education-laptop
Uninstall education-laptop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall education-laptop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-laptop
Remove education-laptop Configurations and Data
To remove education-laptop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge education-laptop
Remove education-laptop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove education-laptop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-laptop
Dependencies
education-laptop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install education-laptop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.