How To Install terminal.app on Debian 10

Learn how to install terminal.app on Debian 10 with this tutorial. terminal.app is Terminal Emulator for GNUstep

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install terminal.app on Debian 10.

What is `terminal.app`

terminal.app is:

This provides terminal emulation in a GNUstep environment. It gives colorized terminals with configurable fonts, and also allows users to configure shell utilities as GNUstep services.

There are three methods to install terminal.app 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 terminal.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install terminal.app

Install terminal.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install terminal.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install terminal.app

Install terminal.app 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 terminal.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install terminal.app

How To Uninstall terminal.app on Debian 10

To uninstall only the terminal.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove terminal.app

Uninstall terminal.app And Its Dependencies

To uninstall terminal.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove terminal.app

Remove terminal.app Configurations and Data

To remove terminal.app configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge terminal.app

Remove terminal.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge terminal.app

Dependencies

terminal.app have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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