How To Install emacs-libvterm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-libvterm on Debian 12.
What is emacs-libvterm
emacs-libvterm is:
Emacs-libvterm (vterm) is fully-fledged terminal emulator inside GNU Emacs based on libvterm, a C library. As a result of using compiled code (instead of elisp), emacs-libvterm is fully capable, fast, and it can seamlessly handle large outputs.
This package contains the loadable module.
There are three methods to install emacs-libvterm on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install emacs-libvterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs-libvterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs-libvterm
Install emacs-libvterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs-libvterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs-libvterm
Install emacs-libvterm 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 emacs-libvterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs-libvterm
How To Uninstall emacs-libvterm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the emacs-libvterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs-libvterm
Uninstall emacs-libvterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs-libvterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-libvterm
Remove emacs-libvterm Configurations and Data
To remove emacs-libvterm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-libvterm
Remove emacs-libvterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs-libvterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-libvterm
Dependencies
emacs-libvterm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-libvterm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
