How To Install yakuake on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yakuake on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yakuake
yakuake is:
YaKuake is inspired from the terminal in the Quake game: when you press a key (by default F12, but that can be changed) a terminal window slides down from the top of the screen. Press the key again, and the terminal slides back.
It is faster than a keyboard shortcut because it is already loaded into memory and as such is very useful to anyone who frequently finds themselves switching in and out of terminal sessions.
There are three methods to install yakuake 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 yakuake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yakuake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yakuake
Install yakuake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yakuake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yakuake
Install yakuake 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 yakuake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yakuake
How To Uninstall yakuake on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yakuake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yakuake
Uninstall yakuake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yakuake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yakuake
Remove yakuake Configurations and Data
To remove yakuake configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yakuake
Remove yakuake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yakuake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yakuake
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yakuake package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
