How To Install foot-terminfo on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foot-terminfo on Debian 11.
What is foot-terminfo
foot-terminfo is:
The fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator.
This package contains the terminfo files for foot.
There are three methods to install foot-terminfo on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install foot-terminfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foot-terminfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foot-terminfo
Install foot-terminfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foot-terminfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foot-terminfo
Install foot-terminfo 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 foot-terminfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foot-terminfo
How To Uninstall foot-terminfo on Debian 11
To uninstall only the foot-terminfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foot-terminfo
Uninstall foot-terminfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foot-terminfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foot-terminfo
Remove foot-terminfo Configurations and Data
To remove foot-terminfo configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foot-terminfo
Remove foot-terminfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foot-terminfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foot-terminfo
Dependencies
foot-terminfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foot-terminfo package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
