How To Install sugar-session on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-session on Debian 12.
What is sugar-session
sugar-session 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 integrated session and window manager Sugar.
There are three methods to install sugar-session 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 sugar-session 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-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sugar-session
Install sugar-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sugar-session
Install sugar-session 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-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sugar-session
How To Uninstall sugar-session on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sugar-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sugar-session
Uninstall sugar-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sugar-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sugar-session
Remove sugar-session Configurations and Data
To remove sugar-session configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sugar-session
Remove sugar-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sugar-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sugar-session
Dependencies
sugar-session have the following dependencies:
- python3-sugar3
- python3-jarabe
- python3-dbus
- python3-cairo
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- gir1.2-xkl-1.0
- gir1.2-gudev-1.0
- gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0
- gir1.2-nm-1.0
- sugar-themes
- python3
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-session package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
