How To Install italc-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install italc-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is italc-client
italc-client is:
iTALC makes it possible to access and guide the activities of students from the computer of the teacher. For example, with the help of iTALC a teacher can view the contents of students’ screens and see if any of them need help. If so, the teacher can access the student’s desktop and provide support; the student can watch the teacher’s actions and learn from them. Alternatively the teacher can switch into “demo-mode”, where all the students’ screens show the contents of the teacher’s screen. Furthermore, actions like locking students’ screens, killing games, powering clients on or off, and much more can all be performed via iTALC.
This package contains the client software for iTALC, which can be controlled using italc-master.
There are three methods to install italc-client on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install italc-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 italc-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install italc-client
Install italc-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install italc-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install italc-client
Install italc-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install italc-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install italc-client
How To Uninstall italc-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the italc-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove italc-client
Uninstall italc-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall italc-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove italc-client
Remove italc-client Configurations and Data
To remove italc-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge italc-client
Remove italc-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove italc-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge italc-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install italc-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
