How To Install libvte-2.91-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-2.91-doc on Debian 9. libvte-2.91-doc is Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 3.0 - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-2.91-doc on Debian 9.

What is libvte-2.91-doc

libvte-2.91-doc 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 documentation files for the VTE library for GTK+ 3.x.

There are three methods to install libvte-2.91-doc on Debian 9. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libvte-2.91-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvte-2.91-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvte-2.91-doc

How To Uninstall libvte-2.91-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libvte-2.91-doc

Uninstall libvte-2.91-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvte-2.91-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libvte-2.91-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libvte-2.91-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libvte-2.91-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-2.91-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.