How To Install epoptes-client on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epoptes-client on Debian 9.

What is epoptes-client

epoptes-client is:

Epoptes is an open source?computer lab management and monitoring tool. It allows for screen broadcasting and monitoring, remote command execution, message sending, imposing restrictions like screen locking or sound muting the clients and much more!

Contains the client daemon and some utilities for getting screenshots etc.

There are three methods to install epoptes-client 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 epoptes-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 epoptes-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install epoptes-client

Install epoptes-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install epoptes-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install epoptes-client

Install epoptes-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 epoptes-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install epoptes-client

How To Uninstall epoptes-client on Debian 9

To uninstall only the epoptes-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove epoptes-client

Uninstall epoptes-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove epoptes-client

Remove epoptes-client Configurations and Data

To remove epoptes-client configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge epoptes-client

Remove epoptes-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove epoptes-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epoptes-client

Dependencies

epoptes-client have the following dependencies:

• python

References

• epoptes-client website

Summary

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