How To Install gir1.2-vte-2.91 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-vte-2.91 on Ubuntu 20.04. gir1.2-vte-2.91 is GObject introspection data for the VTE library GObject introspection data for the VTE library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-vte-2.91 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gir1.2-vte-2.91`

gir1.2-vte-2.91 is:

This package contains introspection data for VTE, a terminal emulator widget for GTK+.

It can be used by interpreters understanding the GIRepository format to write programs using the VTE widget for GTK+ 3.0. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gir1.2-vte-2.91 Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.60.1-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: introspection Source: vte2.91 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 59 Depends: gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.20), gir1.2-pango-1.0 (>= 1.22.0), libvte-2.91-0 (>= 0.60.0) Filename: pool/main/v/vte2.91/gir1.2-vte-2.91_0.60.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9480 MD5sum: 27f6d32598df51989b7d4c09a8c3f11a SHA1: cd45a04e614950b350b4164ab00f4ddca5d2bd69 SHA256: 7524d818c4460d92db9929f167eb64775de5954536289445462465615e0fffed Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal/VTE Description-en: GObject introspection data for the VTE library This package contains introspection data for VTE, a terminal emulator widget for GTK+.

There are three methods to install gir1.2-vte-2.91 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gir1.2-vte-2.91 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-vte-2.91 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-vte-2.91

Install gir1.2-vte-2.91 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-vte-2.91 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gir1.2-vte-2.91

Install gir1.2-vte-2.91 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 gir1.2-vte-2.91 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-vte-2.91

How To Uninstall gir1.2-vte-2.91 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gir1.2-vte-2.91 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-vte-2.91

Uninstall gir1.2-vte-2.91 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gir1.2-vte-2.91 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-vte-2.91

Remove gir1.2-vte-2.91 Configurations and Data

To remove gir1.2-vte-2.91 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-vte-2.91

Remove gir1.2-vte-2.91 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-vte-2.91 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-vte-2.91

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-vte-2.91 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.