How To Install libvte-2.91-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install libvte-2.91-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libvte-2.91-common is Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-2.91-common on Debian 10.

What is libvte-2.91-common

libvte-2.91-common is:

The VTE library provides a terminal emulator widget VteTerminal for applications using the GTK+ toolkit. It also provides the VtePTY object containing functions for starting a new process on a new pseudo-terminal and for manipulating pseudo-terminals.

This package contains internationalization files for the VTE library and common files for the GTK+ 3.x version.

There are three methods to install libvte-2.91-common 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 libvte-2.91-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvte-2.91-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvte-2.91-common

Install libvte-2.91-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvte-2.91-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvte-2.91-common

Install libvte-2.91-common 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 libvte-2.91-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvte-2.91-common

How To Uninstall libvte-2.91-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libvte-2.91-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvte-2.91-common

Uninstall libvte-2.91-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvte-2.91-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvte-2.91-common

Remove libvte-2.91-common Configurations and Data

To remove libvte-2.91-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvte-2.91-common

Remove libvte-2.91-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvte-2.91-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvte-2.91-common

Dependencies

libvte-2.91-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-2.91-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.