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How to install AltYo terminal emulator in Ubuntu

To install AltYo terminal emulator in Ubuntu

AltYo is an open-source terminal emulator for Linux systems. Users can open this terminal emulator through the keyboard shortcut. It is designed with advanced features including drag and drop tabs, multi monitor support, etc. Installation of AltYo terminal emulator in ubuntu is explained in this article.

Features

  • Drag and drop tabs.
  • Auto-start with desktop session
  • Alert popup
  • Hotkey for unlimited tabs
  • Supports Multi monitor

Installation of AltYo

Add the repo file by using add-apt-repository command.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:linvinus/altyo
 AltYo
=====

AltYo - drop-down console, is written in vala, depends only on libvte, gtk3.

For full description please follow this link https://github.com/linvinus/AltYo

Latest changelog available there https://github.com/linvinus/AltYo/blob/master/debian/changelog
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~linvinus/+archive/ubuntu/altyo
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmplyiph1ot/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmplyiph1ot/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key D275A767 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmplyiph1ot/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key D275A767: public key " Launchpad PPA for Denis Konstantinov"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Update the apt source by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease   
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linvinus/altyo/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done


Run the below command to install the AltYo package.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install altyo
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  altyo
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 384 not upgraded.
Need to get 228 kB of archives.
After this operation, 936 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linvinus/altyo/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 altyo amd64 0.4~rc19-linvinus1~xenial [228 kB]
Fetched 228 kB in 1s (141 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package altyo.
(Reading database ... 172193 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../altyo_0.4~rc19-linvinus1~xenial_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking altyo (0.4~rc19-linvinus1~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up altyo (0.4~rc19-linvinus1~xenial) ...


AltYo is now ready to use. To open the installed package, enter altyo in the terminal.

root@linuxhelp:~# altyo


Here you can access the AltYo terminal emulator as shown below.

Tag : Terminal Emulator
FAQ
Q
What are the features of AltYo?
A
Features

Drag and drop tabs.
Auto-start with desktop session
Alert popup
Hotkey for unlimited tabs
Q
Does anyone know of a decent terminal emulator or E17?
A
I prefer and use Konsole. # apt-get install konsole
Q
How to remove AltYo terminal?
A
# apt-get remove altyo
Q
Is there any alternative of altyo terminal??
A
Tilda Guake Yakuake
Q
Run command as login shell in altyo terminal?
A
t seems that having a PROMPT_COMMAND in the ~/.bashrc causes undistract-me to fail in altyo. PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"