How To Install rxvt-unicode on Debian 10

Learn how to install rxvt-unicode on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rxvt-unicode is RXVT-like terminal emulator with Unicode and 256-color support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode on Debian 10.

What is rxvt-unicode

rxvt-unicode is:

rxvt-unicode is a modern, Unicode-aware color xterm replacement that uses significantly less memory than a conventional xterm and many other Unicode supporting terminal emulators.

It supports using multiple fonts at the same time, including Xft fonts, and client-server technology to reduce memory consumption when using multiple windows.

This package is configured with 256-color support, and TERM set to “rxvt-unicode-256color”. Any other systems you log into must have this terminfo entry installed!

There are three methods to install rxvt-unicode 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 rxvt-unicode 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-unicode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rxvt-unicode

Install rxvt-unicode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rxvt-unicode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rxvt-unicode

Install rxvt-unicode 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 rxvt-unicode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rxvt-unicode

How To Uninstall rxvt-unicode on Debian 10

To uninstall only the rxvt-unicode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rxvt-unicode

Uninstall rxvt-unicode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rxvt-unicode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rxvt-unicode

Remove rxvt-unicode Configurations and Data

To remove rxvt-unicode configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rxvt-unicode

Remove rxvt-unicode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rxvt-unicode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rxvt-unicode

Dependencies

rxvt-unicode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.