How To Install eterm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eterm on Debian 9.
What is eterm
eterm is:
A terminal emulator in the spirit of xterm or rxvt, eterm uses an Enlightenment style config file, as well as themes. The Imlib2 graphics engine is used to render images. This version supports background images, pixmapped scrollbars, pseudo-transparency, and POSIX threads.
There are three methods to install eterm on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eterm
Install eterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eterm
Install eterm 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 eterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eterm
How To Uninstall eterm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eterm
Uninstall eterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eterm
Remove eterm Configurations and Data
To remove eterm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eterm
Remove eterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eterm
Dependencies
eterm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eterm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.