How To Install rxvt-unicode-256color on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-256color
on Debian 10.
What is rxvt-unicode-256color
rxvt-unicode-256color is:
This is a dummy transitional package transitioning rxvt-unicode-256color to rxvt-unicode. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install rxvt-unicode-256color
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 rxvt-unicode-256color Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt-unicode-256color
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rxvt-unicode-256color
Install rxvt-unicode-256color Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt-unicode-256color
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rxvt-unicode-256color
Install rxvt-unicode-256color 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 rxvt-unicode-256color
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rxvt-unicode-256color
How To Uninstall rxvt-unicode-256color on Debian 10
To uninstall only the rxvt-unicode-256color
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rxvt-unicode-256color
Uninstall rxvt-unicode-256color And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rxvt-unicode-256color
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rxvt-unicode-256color
Remove rxvt-unicode-256color Configurations and Data
To remove rxvt-unicode-256color
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rxvt-unicode-256color
Remove rxvt-unicode-256color configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rxvt-unicode-256color
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rxvt-unicode-256color
Dependencies
rxvt-unicode-256color have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-256color
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.