How To Install rxvt-unicode-lite on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-lite
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rxvt-unicode-lite
rxvt-unicode-lite is:
This is a dummy transitional package transitioning rxvt-unicode-lite to rxvt-unicode. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install rxvt-unicode-lite
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rxvt-unicode-lite 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-lite
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rxvt-unicode-lite
Install rxvt-unicode-lite Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt-unicode-lite
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rxvt-unicode-lite
Install rxvt-unicode-lite 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 rxvt-unicode-lite
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rxvt-unicode-lite
How To Uninstall rxvt-unicode-lite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rxvt-unicode-lite
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rxvt-unicode-lite
Uninstall rxvt-unicode-lite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rxvt-unicode-lite
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rxvt-unicode-lite
Remove rxvt-unicode-lite Configurations and Data
To remove rxvt-unicode-lite
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rxvt-unicode-lite
Remove rxvt-unicode-lite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rxvt-unicode-lite
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rxvt-unicode-lite
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-lite
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.