How To Install rxvt on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rxvt
rxvt is:
This is a dummy transitional package transitioning rxvt to rxvt-unicode. Once you’ve migrated your session startup to not call /usr/bin/rxvt-*, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install rxvt 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 rxvt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rxvt
Install rxvt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rxvt
Install rxvt 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 rxvt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rxvt
How To Uninstall rxvt on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rxvt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rxvt
Uninstall rxvt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rxvt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rxvt
Remove rxvt Configurations and Data
To remove rxvt configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rxvt
Remove rxvt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rxvt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rxvt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.