How To Install xgterm 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 xgterm on Ubuntu.
What is xgterm
xgterm is:
XGterm provides a Tek 4012 compatible graphics terminal emulation for IRAF, plus a datastream driven widget server capability using the Object Manager to provide full access to the underlying toolkit and widget set. The Gterm graphics window operates almost identically to the xterm Tek window, however there are extensions for implementing full-screen cursors, imaging, area fills, colors, graphics erasure, a “status line” and so on.
There are three methods to install xgterm 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 xgterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xgterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xgterm
Install xgterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xgterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xgterm
Install xgterm 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 xgterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xgterm
How To Uninstall xgterm on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xgterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xgterm
Uninstall xgterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xgterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xgterm
Remove xgterm Configurations and Data
To remove xgterm configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xgterm
Remove xgterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xgterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xgterm
Dependencies
xgterm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xgterm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.