How To Install qterminal on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterminal on Debian 10.
What is qterminal
qterminal is:
QTerminal is a lightweight terminal emulator based on QTermWidget.
Among other it features
- Split terminals (horizontally and vertically).
- Multiple tabs.
- Customizable shortcuts.
- Various color schemes.
There are three methods to install qterminal on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qterminal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qterminal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qterminal
Install qterminal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qterminal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qterminal
Install qterminal 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 qterminal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qterminal
How To Uninstall qterminal on Debian 10
To uninstall only the qterminal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qterminal
Uninstall qterminal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qterminal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qterminal
Remove qterminal Configurations and Data
To remove qterminal configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qterminal
Remove qterminal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qterminal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qterminal
Dependencies
qterminal have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5x11extras5
- libqtermwidget5-0
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterminal package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.