HOW TO INSTALL GUAKE TERMINAL IN UBUNTU/CENTOS/REDHAT
HOW TO INSTALL GUAKE TERMINAL IN UBUNTU/CENTOS/REDHAT
Introduction
In this article we are going to learn How to install Guake terminal in Ubuntu 16.04. Guake Terminal is a GNOME based open source terminal emulator like other terminal in linux used to perform command line tasks in linux but It is quite different as compared to other terminal due to it’s nice look, user friendly features. The latest version of Guake Terminal is 0.8.10 released on 29th June 2017. You can download the latest package of Guake Here!. Guake Terminal is a light weight applicatoin provides transperent terminal with numerious Keyboard Shortcuts which makes user comfortable to use.
Guake Terminal was initially developed by a team on year 2009 under GPLv2+ licence. This application is written in python programming language and available for all linux distributions. For more Information on Guake Terminal you can visit official website Here!
Follow the below steps to Install Guake Terminal in Linux
To install guake terminal in ubuntu follow the below steps :
Before we start the installation of guake terminal first update the packages and repositories in Ubuntu using below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:2 http://apt.nylas.com/ubuntu vivid InRelease [4,250 B]
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:5 http://apt.nylas.com/ubuntu vivid/main amd64 Packages [4,430 B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 315 kB in 3s (79.9 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Guake terminal is comes under default repository of Ubuntu operating system, So follow the below command to install it.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install guake # Install Guake Terminal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libglade2-0 libkeybinder0 libvte-common libvte9 python-cairo python-dbus python-gconf python-gi python-glade2 python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-keybinder
python-notify python-vte python-xdg
Suggested packages:
python-dbus-doc python-dbus-dbg python-gnome2-doc python-gi-cairo python-gtk2-doc python-gobject-2-dbg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
guake libglade2-0 libkeybinder0 libvte-common libvte9 python-cairo python-dbus python-gconf python-gi python-glade2 python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-keybinder
python-notify python-vte python-xdg
0 upgraded, 16 newly installed, 0 to remove and 135 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1,794 kB/2,107 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,716 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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To install guake terminal in CentOS/Redhat follow the below steps :
You can install guake terminal in CentOS & Redhat based systems using yum command. Refer the command below.
[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install guake # Install Guake terminal using yum
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink | 5.2 kB 00:00
* base: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
* epel: epel.scopesky.iq
* extras: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
* updates: centos.mirror.snu.edu.in
base | 3.7 kB 00:00
epel | 4.3 kB 00:00
epel/primary_db | 5.9 MB 00:04
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00
qulogic-obspy-el6 | 3.0 kB 00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 2.5 MB 00:04
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package guake.x86_64 0:0.4.4-9.el6 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: pyxdg for package: guake-0.4.4-9.el6.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pyxdg.noarch 0:0.18-1.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================================================
Installing:
guake x86_64 0.4.4-9.el6 epel 196 k
Installing for dependencies:
pyxdg noarch 0.18-1.el6 base 79 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Total download size: 275 k
Installed size: 857 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): guake-0.4.4-9.el6.x86_64.rpm | 196 kB 00:03
(2/2): pyxdg-0.18-1.el6.noarch.rpm | 79 kB 00:00
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 70 kB/s | 275 kB 00:03
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Importing GPG key 0x0608B895:
Userid : EPEL (6) <epel@fedoraproject.org>
Package: epel-release-6-8.noarch (@extras)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : pyxdg-0.18-1.el6.noarch 1/2
Installing : guake-0.4.4-9.el6.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : pyxdg-0.18-1.el6.noarch 1/2
Verifying : guake-0.4.4-9.el6.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
guake.x86_64 0:0.4.4-9.el6
Dependency Installed:
pyxdg.noarch 0:0.18-1.el6
Complete!
To confirm the installed Guake Terminal package in Ubuntu refer the below command.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l guake # Confirm the Installed Package in Ubuntu
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii guake 0.8.4-1 amd64 Drop-down terminal for GNOME Desktop Environment
To confirm the Installed package in CentOS/Redhat refer the below command.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep guake # Confirm the Installed Package in CentOS/Redhat
guake-0.4.4-9.el6.x86_64
Now we have successfully installed the Guake Terminal package. To open the application you can type the command guake on shell. Refer the command below.
elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ guake # Open the Application
Once you run the above command you will get a option shown on snapshot below.
PRESS F12 TO OPEN GUAKE TERMINAL
It’s suggesting us that press F12 to open the application, So let’s go ahead and press F12. Refer the below snaps of Guake Terminal.
Snap : 1
GUAKE TERMINAL
Click on highlighted icon to open multiple terminal tabs. Refer the snapshot below.
OPEN MULTIPLE TERMINAL TAB
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