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