How To Install rxvt-unicode-ml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-ml
on Debian 9.
What is rxvt-unicode-ml
rxvt-unicode-ml is:
This is a transitional package depending on rxvt-unicode. Previously, some features were disabled in the regular package because they used more memory even when not being used, but this is no longer the case. All features previously enabled only in this package are now available in rxvt-unicode.
There are three methods to install rxvt-unicode-ml
on Debian 9. 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-ml 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-ml
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rxvt-unicode-ml
Install rxvt-unicode-ml Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rxvt-unicode-ml
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rxvt-unicode-ml
Install rxvt-unicode-ml 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-ml
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rxvt-unicode-ml
How To Uninstall rxvt-unicode-ml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the rxvt-unicode-ml
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rxvt-unicode-ml
Uninstall rxvt-unicode-ml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rxvt-unicode-ml
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rxvt-unicode-ml
Remove rxvt-unicode-ml Configurations and Data
To remove rxvt-unicode-ml
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rxvt-unicode-ml
Remove rxvt-unicode-ml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rxvt-unicode-ml
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rxvt-unicode-ml
Dependencies
rxvt-unicode-ml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rxvt-unicode-ml
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.