How To Install qterm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qterm
qterm is:
QTerm is a BBS client for X Window System. It supports telnet, ssh1 and ssh2 protocols. It also supports zmodem, URL detect, mouse action.
It also supports detecting location from ip address, but you need do some extra work, see README.Debian.
There are three methods to install qterm 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 qterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qterm
Install qterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qterm
Install qterm 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 qterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qterm
How To Uninstall qterm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qterm
Uninstall qterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qterm
Remove qterm Configurations and Data
To remove qterm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qterm
Remove qterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qterm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
