How To Install education-ltsp-server on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-ltsp-server on Debian 9. education-ltsp-server is Debian Edu networked LTSP server packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-ltsp-server on Debian 9.

What is education-ltsp-server

education-ltsp-server is:

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked LTSP server installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

There are three methods to install education-ltsp-server 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-ltsp-server 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-ltsp-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install education-ltsp-server

Install education-ltsp-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install education-ltsp-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install education-ltsp-server

Install education-ltsp-server 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-ltsp-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install education-ltsp-server

How To Uninstall education-ltsp-server on Debian 9

To uninstall only the education-ltsp-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove education-ltsp-server

Uninstall education-ltsp-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall education-ltsp-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-ltsp-server

Remove education-ltsp-server Configurations and Data

To remove education-ltsp-server configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge education-ltsp-server

Remove education-ltsp-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove education-ltsp-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-ltsp-server

Dependencies

education-ltsp-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-ltsp-server package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.