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How to install Guake terminal emulator in Ubuntu

To install Guake terminal emulator in Ubuntu

Guake is a drop-down terminal for Linux distributions. Users can instantaneously open and hide the terminal with a single key stroke. It is designed with an impressive features and it enables the users to easily slide down and slide back-up the screen. Installation of Guake terminal emulator in Ubuntu is discussed in this manual.

Installation of Guake

First add the required repository files with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable
 This PPA currently holds unreleased / git builds for different applications like Turpial, mc, Audacious.
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gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Then update the apt source with " apt-get update" command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]
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Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/unstable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [1,508 B]                         
Fetched 219 kB in 7s (30.6 kB/s)                                                                                        
Reading package lists... Done


Now install the guake package with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install guake
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up guake (0.8.7-1~webupd8~xenial0) ...
Setting up python-gi (3.20.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...


Open the installed package in Unity dash board. Type Guake in search bar and then click on the displayed icon.

Here you can access guake terminal emulator as shown below.

Execute some commands in Guake terminal emulator.

Press “ ctrl+shift+t” to open the multiple terminal tabs.

Tag : Terminal Emulator
FAQ
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Why Guake crashes with Tmux and Byubu?
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Tmux and Byobu can be used as shell instead of bash or zsh, but you should be sure to disable the "use login shell" option. If set, Guake will not be able to start. Use dconf-editor to reset this option if Guake cannot start again.
Q
ImportError: No module named parse Has anyone else successfully managed to install Guake?
A
Maybe one of these packages? [-] python-parse-1.8.2_2 Parse strings using the format() syntax (Python2) [-] python3-parse-1.8.2_2 Pa
Q
What is a "Drop-Down Terminal" ?
A
Press a keyboard short-cut and a terminal window appears.
Q
Guake Doesn't Start When Session Starts?
A
From Guake Preferences, uncheck "enable popup notifications on startup". Then add guake to Startup Applications and that's all. If you want to easily find the path to an application you can
Q
what are the alternative method In guake terminal?
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GNOME Terminal. Yakuake. Hyper Tilda