How To Install terminology on Debian 10

Learn how to install terminology on Debian 10 with this tutorial. terminology is Enlightenment efl based terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install terminology on Debian 10.

What is terminology

terminology is:

It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling:

  • Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt, Xterm 256 color, etc. work
  • Background effects, Transparency, bitmap and scalable fonts supported
  • Themes for the layout and design, and a visual bell.
  • URL, file path and email address detection and link-handling
  • Inline display of link content
  • Multiple copy and paste selections and buffer support
  • Works in X11, Wayland and directly in the Linux framebuffer (fbcon)
  • Finger/touch controlled, scan scale by UI scaling factors
  • Render using OpenGL or OpenGL-ES2 or Software mode.
  • Can display inlined multimedia, multiple tabs and split into multiple panes
  • Block text selection. Drag and drop of text selections and links
  • Can stream media from URLs
  • Tab switcher has live thumbnail content
  • Single process, multiple windows/terminals support

There are three methods to install terminology 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 terminology Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install terminology

Install terminology Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install terminology

Install terminology 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 terminology using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install terminology

How To Uninstall terminology on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove terminology

Uninstall terminology And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove terminology

Remove terminology Configurations and Data

To remove terminology configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge terminology

Remove terminology configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge terminology

Dependencies

terminology have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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