How To Install terminology-data 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 terminology-data on Ubuntu.

What is terminology-data

terminology-data is:

It emulates a slightly extended vt100 with some extensions and bling:

• Most escapes supported by xterm, rxvt, Xterm 256 color, etc. work
• Background effects, Transparency, bitmap and scalable fonts supported
• Themes for the layout and design, and a visual bell.
• URL, file path and email address detection and link-handling
• Inline display of link content
• Multiple copy and paste selections and buffer support
• Works in X11, Wayland and directly in the Linux framebuffer (fbcon)
• Finger/touch controlled, scan scale by UI scaling factors
• Render using OpenGL or OpenGL-ES2 or Software mode.
• Can display inlined multimedia, multiple tabs and split into multiple panes
• Block text selection. Drag and drop of text selections and links
• Can stream media from URLs
• Tab switcher has live thumbnail content
• Single process, multiple windows/terminals support

This package provides the shared data for all architectures.

There are three methods to install terminology-data 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 terminology-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install terminology-data

Install terminology-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install terminology-data

Install terminology-data 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 terminology-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install terminology-data

How To Uninstall terminology-data on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the terminology-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove terminology-data

Uninstall terminology-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove terminology-data

Remove terminology-data Configurations and Data

To remove terminology-data configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge terminology-data

Remove terminology-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge terminology-data

Dependencies

terminology-data have the following dependencies:

References

• terminology-data website

Summary

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