Re: xterm. Was: 26th pass at installing 11-3, fails
Hi,
Gene Heskett wrote:
> xterm cannot be found by synaptic or apt either.
The package xterm exists and has versions in all current releases of Debian.
See:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xterm
Try
sudo apt-get install xterm
or
sudo apt install xterm
> So I'll repeat, what is this magic xterm?
It is about the oldest terminal emulator of the X Window System.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xterm
says:
"Initial release 1984; 38 years ago
[...]
xterm originated prior to the X Window System. It was originally
written as a stand-alone terminal emulator for the VAXStation 100
(VS100) by Mark Vandevoorde, a student of Jim Gettys, in the summer
of 1984, when work on X started. It rapidly became clear that it
would be more useful as part of X than as a standalone program, so
it was retargeted to X.
[...]
Most terminal emulators for X started as variations on xterm."
So termit and Konsole are just new-fangled remakes. :))
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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