How To Install tilde on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tilde on Debian 12.
What is tilde
tilde is:
Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. For example, the short-cut to copy the current selection is Control-C, and to paste the previously copied text the short-cut Control-V can be used. As another example, the File menu can be accessed by pressing Meta-F.
There are three methods to install tilde on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tilde Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tilde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tilde
Install tilde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tilde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tilde
Install tilde 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 tilde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tilde
How To Uninstall tilde on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tilde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tilde
Uninstall tilde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tilde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilde
Remove tilde Configurations and Data
To remove tilde configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tilde
Remove tilde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tilde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilde
Dependencies
tilde have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libstdc++6
- libt3config0
- libt3highlight2
- libt3widget2
- libt3window0
- libtranscript1
- libunistring2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tilde package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.