How To Install terminator on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install terminator on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is terminator
terminator is:
Terminator is a little project to produce an efficient way of filling a large area of screen space with terminals.
The user can have multiple terminals in one window and use key bindings to switch between them. See the manpage for details.
There are three methods to install terminator on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install terminator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install terminator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install terminator
Install terminator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install terminator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install terminator
Install terminator 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 terminator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install terminator
How To Uninstall terminator on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the terminator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove terminator
Uninstall terminator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall terminator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove terminator
Remove terminator Configurations and Data
To remove terminator configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge terminator
Remove terminator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove terminator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge terminator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install terminator package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
