How To Install fte on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte on Debian 10.
What is fte
fte 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 package contains files necessary to build a configuration file and some elementary documentation. There is no editor here; please select one of the packages in the dependencies.
There are three methods to install fte on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fte
Install fte Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fte using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fte
Install fte 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 fte using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fte
How To Uninstall fte on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fte package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fte
Uninstall fte And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fte and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fte
Remove fte Configurations and Data
To remove fte configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fte
Remove fte configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fte configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fte
Dependencies
fte have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.