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