How To Install expeyes-web on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install expeyes-web on Ubuntu 18.04. expeyes-web is Web interface for expEYES-Junior

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install expeyes-web on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is expeyes-web

expeyes-web is:

This package allows you to access remotely to a server which drives an expEYES-Jr box. This extends the power of expEYES.

There are three methods to install expeyes-web 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 expeyes-web Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install expeyes-web

Install expeyes-web Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install expeyes-web

Install expeyes-web 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 expeyes-web using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install expeyes-web

How To Uninstall expeyes-web on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the expeyes-web package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove expeyes-web

Uninstall expeyes-web And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove expeyes-web

Remove expeyes-web Configurations and Data

To remove expeyes-web configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge expeyes-web

Remove expeyes-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge expeyes-web

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Summary

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