How To Install pterm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pterm on Debian 12.
What is pterm
pterm is:
This is an X terminal emulator based on the popular Windows SSH client, PuTTY. It supports xterm escape sequences, plus some Linux console sequences for colour palette configuration and some DECterm sequences for title bar control, and with an appropriate font it supports the UTF-8 encoding of Unicode. It also has some nifty features like rectangular selection and NetHack keypad mode.
There are three methods to install pterm 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 pterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pterm
Install pterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pterm
Install pterm 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 pterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pterm
How To Uninstall pterm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pterm
Uninstall pterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pterm
Remove pterm Configurations and Data
To remove pterm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pterm
Remove pterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pterm
Dependencies
pterm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pterm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
