How To Install libtty1 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtty1 on Debian 10.
What is libtty1
libtty1 is:
libtty is a library for handling terminal output. It is kind of “reverse curses” – it is on the receiving end of tty data, accepting vt100 codes and managing a virtual terminal. It lacks input handling thus is unfit for a real terminal emulator, but includes functions for storing a history of frames to handle a “video” recording.
A second part of the library provides ways to read/write/edit ttyrec/-like files, including transparent compression or streaming them from network.
This package contains the binary library.
There are three methods to install libtty1 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 libtty1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtty1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtty1
Install libtty1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtty1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtty1
Install libtty1 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 libtty1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtty1
How To Uninstall libtty1 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtty1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtty1
Uninstall libtty1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtty1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtty1
Remove libtty1 Configurations and Data
To remove libtty1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtty1
Remove libtty1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtty1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtty1
Dependencies
libtty1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtty1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.