How To Install kitty on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kitty on Debian 10.
What is kitty
kitty is:
Kitty supports modern terminal features like: graphics, unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, and bracketed paste.
Kitty has a framework for “kittens”, small terminal programs that can be used to extend its functionality.
There are three methods to install kitty 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 kitty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kitty using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kitty
Install kitty Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kitty using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kitty
Install kitty 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 kitty using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kitty
How To Uninstall kitty on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kitty package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kitty
Uninstall kitty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kitty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kitty
Remove kitty Configurations and Data
To remove kitty configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kitty
Remove kitty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kitty configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kitty
Dependencies
kitty have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kitty package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.