How To Install aterm-ml on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aterm-ml on Ubuntu 20.04. aterm-ml is dummy transitional package for rxvt-unicode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aterm-ml on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is aterm-ml

aterm-ml is:

Aterm was a fork of rxvt; its changes have long since been merged into rxvt-unicode. This is a dummy transitional package; once you’ve migrated your session startup to not call /usr/bin/?aterm anymore, it can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install aterm-ml 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 aterm-ml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aterm-ml

Install aterm-ml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aterm-ml

Install aterm-ml 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 aterm-ml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aterm-ml

How To Uninstall aterm-ml on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the aterm-ml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aterm-ml

Uninstall aterm-ml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aterm-ml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aterm-ml

Remove aterm-ml Configurations and Data

To remove aterm-ml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aterm-ml

Remove aterm-ml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aterm-ml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aterm-ml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.