How To Install openboard-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install openboard-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. openboard-common is Interactive White Board Application (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openboard-common on Debian 12.

What is `openboard-common`

openboard-common is:

OpenBoard is an open source cross-platform interactive white board application designed primarily for use in schools.

It was originally forked from Open-Sankor?, which was itself based on Uniboard.

This package contains all architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install openboard-common on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openboard-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openboard-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openboard-common

Install openboard-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openboard-common

Install openboard-common 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 openboard-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openboard-common

How To Uninstall openboard-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the openboard-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openboard-common

Uninstall openboard-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openboard-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openboard-common

Remove openboard-common Configurations and Data

To remove openboard-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openboard-common

Remove openboard-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openboard-common

Dependencies

openboard-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openboard-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.