Debian Installation and Removal Instructions
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Using the Package Installer
Installation:
The instructions and screenshots below are guidelines only. Due to differences in Debian-compatible linux distributions, your system might differ from the one described below. Please refer to your system documentation for details of how to install packages.
Double-click on the downloaded .deb package. This will
display the gdebi user interface:
Click Install Package. You will be prompted to enter a superuser password to proceed:
A progress dialog will be displayed while the package is installing. Once it has finished, click Close to finish installation:
Removal:
From the System menu, select Administration and then Synaptic Package Manager. You will be prompted to enter the username and password of a user with administrative privileges to proceed:
In the Synaptic Package Manager window, click Search and enter vnc-e:
Synaptic Package Manager should list a single entry, vnc-e. Right-click on this and select Mark for Removal. To also remove any associated configuration files, select Mark for Complete Removal instead:
A confirmation dialog will be displayed. If you wish, review the details, then click Apply:
A progress dialog will be displayed while the package is being removed. Once it has finished, a notification dialog will be displayed. Click Close to finish:
Using the Command-Line
You will need to be root, or a user with equivalent permissions, to install or remove the software.
Installation:
Use the dpkg command to install the downloaded
.deb package.
dpkg -i vnc-e4_4_0-i386.deb |
Note that the filename may vary depending on the version you have downloaded and on your processor architecture.
Removal:
Use the apt-get command to remove the package.
apt-get remove vnc-e |
To also remove any associated configuration files, use the
purge option when running apt-get rather
than remove:
apt-get purge vnc-e |