How To Install mlterm-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-tools on Debian 12.
What is mlterm-tools
mlterm-tools 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 configuration tools and so on for mlterm.
There are three methods to install mlterm-tools on Debian 12. 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlterm-tools
Install mlterm-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlterm-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlterm-tools
Install mlterm-tools 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 mlterm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-tools
How To Uninstall mlterm-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mlterm-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlterm-tools
Uninstall mlterm-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlterm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlterm-tools
Remove mlterm-tools Configurations and Data
To remove mlterm-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlterm-tools
Remove mlterm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlterm-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlterm-tools
Dependencies
mlterm-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.