How To Install whyteboard on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install whyteboard on Ubuntu 18.04. whyteboard is overlay painting and annotation application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install whyteboard on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is whyteboard

whyteboard is:

Whyteboard is a free painting application for Linux, Windows and Mac. It is suited towards creating visual presentations and for overlaying PDF images with annotations.

There are three methods to install whyteboard 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 whyteboard Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install whyteboard

Install whyteboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install whyteboard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install whyteboard

Install whyteboard 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 whyteboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install whyteboard

How To Uninstall whyteboard on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the whyteboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove whyteboard

Uninstall whyteboard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall whyteboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove whyteboard

Remove whyteboard Configurations and Data

To remove whyteboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge whyteboard

Remove whyteboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whyteboard

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install whyteboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.