How To Install libvte-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-common on Debian 9.
What is libvte-common
libvte-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+ 2.x version.
There are three methods to install libvte-common 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-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-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvte-common
Install libvte-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvte-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvte-common
Install libvte-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-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvte-common
How To Uninstall libvte-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libvte-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvte-common
Uninstall libvte-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvte-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvte-common
Remove libvte-common Configurations and Data
To remove libvte-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvte-common
Remove libvte-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvte-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvte-common
Dependencies
libvte-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvte-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.