{"id":44682,"date":"2023-11-11T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T13:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44682"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:11:36","slug":"tilix-1-9-6-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/tilix-1-9-6-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilix Terminal Emulator 1.9.6 is out, how to Install via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37582\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tilix-logo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tilix terminal emulator released version 1.9.6 few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gnunn1\/tilix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tilix<\/a> is a tiling terminal emulator, which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget for various features, such as split horizontally or vertically, transparent background, background images, quake mode support, custom hyperlinks, experimental trigger and badge support.<\/p>\n<p><b>The development of Tilix is moving slowly<\/b> now due to lack of maintainers. The new 1.9.6 is released more than 20 months after the last stable. And, it only includes minor new features and bug-fixes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add close button to search box.<\/li>\n<li>Replace variables in custom link commands<\/li>\n<li>Follow system color-scheme for default theme-variant<\/li>\n<li>Add compatibility with Nautilus 43<\/li>\n<li>Avoid shell injection in open-tilix plugin<\/li>\n<li>Fix GLib critical warnings on startup<\/li>\n<li>Update to GtkD 3.10.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_44684\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44684\" class=\"size-large wp-image-44684\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox-600x404.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox-600x404.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox-768x517.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-searchbox.webp 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tilix search box has close button.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>How to Install Tilix 1.9.6 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10<\/h3>\n<p>The new release provides prebuild package for Linux, which is available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gnunn1\/tilix\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Tilix<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8216;<i>tilix-1.9.6_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz<\/i>&#8216; for 64-bit modern PC and laptop. Just download the package, extract, and run the executable to launch the terminal emulator.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ubuntu PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The official tarball does NOT include run-time libraries. You have to manually figure out &#8220;<i>error while loading shared libraries &#8230;<\/i>&#8221; errors.<\/p>\n<p>To make the life easy, I&#8217;ve upload the new packages into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/tilix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a>, build against the rules from Debian Unstable. So far, it supports Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10, on both x86_64 and AArch64(arm64).<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/tilix<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42451\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tilix-unofficialppa-600x211.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tilix-unofficialppa-600x211.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tilix-unofficialppa-300x105.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tilix-unofficialppa-768x270.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tilix-unofficialppa.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Linux Mint 21 users need to refresh system package cache manually, by either running the command below or using &#8220;Refresh&#8221; button in Update Manager:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally, either run command to install the terminal emulator:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install tilix<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44685\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/apt-tilix.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, update it through Software Updater (Update Manager) utility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-tilix.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44686\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-tilix-600x497.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-tilix-600x497.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-tilix-300x248.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-tilix.webp 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Upgrading from v1.9.5 may cause following error pop-up at launch, <del datetime=\"2023-11-14T14:07:13+00:00\">but I don&#8217;t know how to correct the issue.<\/del><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-configure-issue.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44687\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-configure-issue-600x258.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-configure-issue-600x258.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-configure-issue-300x129.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-configure-issue.webp 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to @oswald_c, you may fix the issue by enabling &#8216;<i>Run command as a login shell\u2019 to enable it<\/i>&#8216; option under default profile of &#8220;Preferences&#8221; dialog. See the screenshot below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44714\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell-600x436.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell-600x436.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell-768x558.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tilix-run-loginshell.webp 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Tilix<\/h3>\n<p>To downgrade Tilix to stock version in your system repository, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to purge the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge &amp;&amp; sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/tilix<\/pre>\n<p>To uninstall Tilix, use this command instead:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove tilix tilix-common<\/pre>\n<p>And, remove the Ubuntu PPA, either by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/tilix<\/pre>\n<p>or use &#8220;<i>Software &amp; Updates<\/i>&#8221; to remove the source line under &#8220;Other Software&#8221; tab.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44688\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa-600x367.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa-600x367.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/remove-tilix-ppa.webp 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tilix terminal emulator released version 1.9.6 few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator, which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget for various features, such as split horizontally or vertically, transparent background, background images, quake mode support, custom hyperlinks, experimental trigger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[883],"class_list":["post-44682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-terminal-emulator"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}