How To Install yakuake 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 yakuake on Ubuntu.

What is `yakuake`

yakuake is:

YaKuake is inspired from the terminal in the Quake game: when you press a key (by default F12, but that can be changed) a terminal window slides down from the top of the screen. Press the key again, and the terminal slides back.

It is faster than a keyboard shortcut because it is already loaded into memory and as such is very useful to anyone who frequently finds themselves switching in and out of terminal sessions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yakuake

Install yakuake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yakuake

Install yakuake 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 yakuake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yakuake

How To Uninstall yakuake on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove yakuake

Uninstall yakuake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yakuake

Remove yakuake Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yakuake

Remove yakuake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yakuake

Dependencies

yakuake have the following dependencies:

References

yakuake website

Summary

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