How To Install sakura on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sakura on Debian 9. sakura is simple but powerful libvte-based terminal emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sakura on Debian 9.

What is sakura

sakura is:

Sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE. It’s a terminal emulator with few dependencies, so you don’t need a full GNOME desktop installed to have a decent terminal emulator.

There are three methods to install sakura 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 sakura Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sakura

Install sakura Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sakura using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sakura

Install sakura 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 sakura using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sakura

How To Uninstall sakura on Debian 9

To uninstall only the sakura package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sakura

Uninstall sakura And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sakura and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sakura

Remove sakura Configurations and Data

To remove sakura configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sakura

Remove sakura configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sakura

Dependencies

sakura have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sakura package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.