How To Install sugar-presence-service on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-presence-service on Debian 9.
What is sugar-presence-service
sugar-presence-service is:
Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional ??office-desktop?? software.
This package contains the (deprecated but still used) presence service.
There are three methods to install sugar-presence-service 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 sugar-presence-service Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-presence-service using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sugar-presence-service
Install sugar-presence-service Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-presence-service using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sugar-presence-service
Install sugar-presence-service 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 sugar-presence-service using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sugar-presence-service
How To Uninstall sugar-presence-service on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sugar-presence-service package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sugar-presence-service
Uninstall sugar-presence-service And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sugar-presence-service and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sugar-presence-service
Remove sugar-presence-service Configurations and Data
To remove sugar-presence-service configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sugar-presence-service
Remove sugar-presence-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sugar-presence-service configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sugar-presence-service
Dependencies
sugar-presence-service have the following dependencies:
- python-sugar-toolkit
- python-gobject
- python-dbus
- python-telepathy
- telepathy-salut
- network-manager
- telepathy-gabble
- python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-presence-service package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.