How To Install mate-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mate-terminal
mate-terminal is:
MATE Terminal is a terminal emulation application that you can use to perform the following actions:
- Access a UNIX shell in the MATE environment.
- Run any application that is designed to run on VT102, VT220, and xterm terminals.
MATE Terminal features the ability to use multiple terminals in a single window (tabs) and profiles support. Task: ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install mate-terminal 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 mate-terminal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-terminal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-terminal
Install mate-terminal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-terminal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-terminal
Install mate-terminal 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 mate-terminal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-terminal
How To Uninstall mate-terminal on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mate-terminal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-terminal
Uninstall mate-terminal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-terminal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-terminal
Remove mate-terminal Configurations and Data
To remove mate-terminal configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-terminal
Remove mate-terminal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-terminal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-terminal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-terminal package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
