How To Install bochs-term on Debian 10

Learn how to install bochs-term on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bochs-term is Terminal (ncurses-based) plugin for Bochs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-term on Debian 10.

What is bochs-term

bochs-term is:

Bochs is a highly portable free IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.

This package contains a Terminal (ncurses-based) GUI plugin for Bochs.

There are three methods to install bochs-term 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 bochs-term Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bochs-term

Install bochs-term Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bochs-term

Install bochs-term 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 bochs-term using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bochs-term

How To Uninstall bochs-term on Debian 10

To uninstall only the bochs-term package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bochs-term

Uninstall bochs-term And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bochs-term

Remove bochs-term Configurations and Data

To remove bochs-term configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bochs-term

Remove bochs-term configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bochs-term

Dependencies

bochs-term have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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