How To Install termrec on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install termrec
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is termrec
termrec is:
This package contains “termrec”, a program which can record a terminal session and “termplay” to play it back. They can handle both line-based programs and full-screen things that use curses or curses-like methods. Unlike “ttyrec” or “asciinema”, termrec can go back, use .gz/.bz2/.xz/.zst transparently, and read/write/convert several formats.
There are three methods to install termrec
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install termrec Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install termrec
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install termrec
Install termrec Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install termrec
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install termrec
Install termrec 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 termrec
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install termrec
How To Uninstall termrec on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the termrec
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove termrec
Uninstall termrec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall termrec
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove termrec
Remove termrec Configurations and Data
To remove termrec
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge termrec
Remove termrec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove termrec
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge termrec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install termrec
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.