How To Install qterminal on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterminal
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: lubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install qterminal
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qterminal
Remove qterminal Configurations and Data
To remove qterminal
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qterminal
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.