How To Install kxterm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kxterm
on Debian 9.
What is kxterm
kxterm is:
CERNLIB is a suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the biological sciences.
KXterm is a terminal emulator which combines the best features from the (now defunct) Apollo DM pads (like: input and transcript pads, automatic file backup of transcript pad, string search in pads, etc.) and the Korn shell emacs-style command line editing and command line recall mechanism. It can support the command-line interface of various CERNLIB applications.
There are three methods to install kxterm
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kxterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kxterm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kxterm
Install kxterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kxterm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kxterm
Install kxterm 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 kxterm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kxterm
How To Uninstall kxterm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kxterm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kxterm
Uninstall kxterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kxterm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kxterm
Remove kxterm Configurations and Data
To remove kxterm
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kxterm
Remove kxterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kxterm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kxterm
Dependencies
kxterm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kxterm
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.