How To Install ukui-session-manager on Debian 10

Learn how to install ukui-session-manager on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ukui-session-manager is Session manager of the UKUI desktop environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-session-manager on Debian 10.

What is ukui-session-manager

ukui-session-manager is:

This package contains a session that can be started from a display manager such as MDM. It will load all necessary applications for a full-featured user session.

The session manager also features the ability to save a running session and restore it later.

This version is configured to start the UKUI desktop, based on the UKUI panel.

There are three methods to install ukui-session-manager on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ukui-session-manager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ukui-session-manager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ukui-session-manager

Install ukui-session-manager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ukui-session-manager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ukui-session-manager

Install ukui-session-manager 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 ukui-session-manager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ukui-session-manager

How To Uninstall ukui-session-manager on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ukui-session-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ukui-session-manager

Uninstall ukui-session-manager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ukui-session-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-session-manager

Remove ukui-session-manager Configurations and Data

To remove ukui-session-manager configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-session-manager

Remove ukui-session-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ukui-session-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukui-session-manager

Dependencies

ukui-session-manager have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-session-manager package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.