How To Install libtsm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtsm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtsm-dev
libtsm-dev is:
TSM is a state machine for DEC VT100-VT520 compatible terminal emulators. It tries to support all common standards while keeping compatibility to existing emulators like xterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, ..
TSM itself does not provide any rendering nor window management. It is a simple plain state machine without any external dependencies. It can be used to implement terminal emulators, but also to implement other applications that need to interpret terminal escape sequences.
This library is very similar to libvte of the gnome project. However, libvte is highly bound to GTK+, which makes it unsuitable for non-graphics projects that need to parse escape sequences. Instead, TSM tries to restrict its API to terminal emulation only. Furthermore, TSM does not try to establish a new terminal emulation standard, but instead keeps compatibility as close to xterm as possible. This is why the TERM variable can be set to xterm-color256 with any TSM based terminal emulator.
This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use libtsm.
There are three methods to install libtsm-dev 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 libtsm-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtsm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtsm-dev
Install libtsm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtsm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtsm-dev
Install libtsm-dev 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 libtsm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtsm-dev
How To Uninstall libtsm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtsm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtsm-dev
Uninstall libtsm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtsm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtsm-dev
Remove libtsm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtsm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtsm-dev
Remove libtsm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtsm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtsm-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtsm-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
