How To Install yeahconsole on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yeahconsole on Ubuntu 18.04. yeahconsole is drop-down X terminal emulator wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yeahconsole on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yeahconsole

yeahconsole is:

Yeahconsole puts an X terminal emulator window on top of your screen that drops-down like a console found in many games (similar to quake). It’s visibility can be toggled by a keyboard shortcut. Currently supports xterm, urxvt and mrxvt.

There are three methods to install yeahconsole 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 yeahconsole Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yeahconsole using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yeahconsole

Install yeahconsole Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yeahconsole using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yeahconsole

Install yeahconsole 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 yeahconsole using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yeahconsole

How To Uninstall yeahconsole on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove yeahconsole

Uninstall yeahconsole And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yeahconsole and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yeahconsole

Remove yeahconsole Configurations and Data

To remove yeahconsole configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yeahconsole

Remove yeahconsole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yeahconsole configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yeahconsole

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yeahconsole package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.