How To Install fte-terminal on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte-terminal on Debian 10.
What is fte-terminal
fte-terminal 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 version for terminals (e.g. xterm, vt100).
There are three methods to install fte-terminal 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-terminal 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-terminal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fte-terminal
Install fte-terminal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fte-terminal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fte-terminal
Install fte-terminal 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-terminal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fte-terminal
How To Uninstall fte-terminal on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fte-terminal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fte-terminal
Uninstall fte-terminal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fte-terminal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fte-terminal
Remove fte-terminal Configurations and Data
To remove fte-terminal configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fte-terminal
Remove fte-terminal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fte-terminal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fte-terminal
Dependencies
fte-terminal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fte-terminal package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.