How To Install shellex on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shellex on Ubuntu.
What is shellex
shellex is:
shellex is supposed to be a dmenu-style launcher with a lot more features and a lot simpler design. It launches a shell (currently zsh) and shows it in a small terminal, wrapping every command with a little bit of extra magic (redirecting stdout, stderr, disowning and closing the shell) to get more typical launcher-behaviour.
This gives you a simple launcher with tab-completion and other shell-features, configurable in shell.
There are three methods to install shellex on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shellex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shellex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shellex
Install shellex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shellex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shellex
Install shellex 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 shellex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shellex
How To Uninstall shellex on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the shellex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shellex
Uninstall shellex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shellex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shellex
Remove shellex Configurations and Data
To remove shellex configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shellex
Remove shellex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shellex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shellex
Dependencies
shellex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shellex package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.