How To Install stjerm on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install stjerm on Ubuntu 18.04. stjerm is lightweight terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stjerm on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is stjerm

stjerm is:

Stjerm is a quake-like terminal emulator. Its window is shown and hidden with a key shortcut and can contain multiple tabs. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window manager.

There are three methods to install stjerm on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install stjerm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stjerm

Install stjerm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install stjerm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install stjerm

Install stjerm 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 stjerm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stjerm

How To Uninstall stjerm on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the stjerm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stjerm

Uninstall stjerm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall stjerm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stjerm

Remove stjerm Configurations and Data

To remove stjerm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stjerm

Remove stjerm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stjerm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stjerm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.