How To Install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vte291 in AlmaLinux 8. vte291 is Terminal emulator library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is vte291

VTE is a library implementing a terminal emulator widget for GTK+. VTE is mainly used in gnome-terminal, but can also be used to embed a console/terminal in games, editors, IDEs, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vte291.

Install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vte291 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vte291

Install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vte291 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vte291

How To Uninstall vte291 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the vte291 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vte291

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vte291 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.