How To Install mlterm-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mlterm-common
mlterm-common is:
mlterm is a terminal emulator for X Window System, which supports various encodings, doublewidth characters, BiDi, Arabic shaping, and so on.
This package contains necessary files which are common for mlterm and mlterm-tiny packages.
There are three methods to install mlterm-common 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 mlterm-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 mlterm-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlterm-common
Install mlterm-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlterm-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlterm-common
Install mlterm-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mlterm-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-common
How To Uninstall mlterm-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mlterm-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlterm-common
Uninstall mlterm-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlterm-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlterm-common
Remove mlterm-common Configurations and Data
To remove mlterm-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlterm-common
Remove mlterm-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlterm-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlterm-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.