How To Install fte-console on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte-console on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fte-console
fte-console is:
FTE is a text editor for programmers. Some of its features are smart indentation for C, C++, Java, Perl; color syntax highlighting for many more languages; multiple file/window editing; column blocks; configurable menus and keyboard bindings; mouse support; undo/redo; regular expression search and replace; folding; background compiler execution.
This is the Linux console edition, without internationalization support.
There are three methods to install fte-console on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fte-console Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fte-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fte-console
Install fte-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fte-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fte-console
Install fte-console 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 fte-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fte-console
How To Uninstall fte-console on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fte-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fte-console
Uninstall fte-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fte-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fte-console
Remove fte-console Configurations and Data
To remove fte-console configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fte-console
Remove fte-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fte-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fte-console
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte-console package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
