Install Terminal Retro On Another Linux 2016

Install cool-retro-term in Ubuntu based Linux distributions

To install cool-retro-term in Ubuntu based Linux distributions, such as Linux Mint, elementary OS, Linux Lite etc, use the PPA below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cool-retro-term

Install cool-retro-term in Arch based Linux distributions

Installing cool-retro-term in Arch based Linux distributions such as Antergos andManjaro, use the following command:

sudo pacman -S cool-retro-term

Install cool-retro-term from source code

For installing this application from source code, you need to install a number of dependencies first. Some of the know dependencies in Ubuntu based distributions are:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential qmlscene qt5-qmake qt5-default qtdeclarative5-dev qtdeclarative5-controls-plugin qtdeclarative5-qtquick2-plugin libqt5qml-graphicaleffects qtdeclarative5-dialogs-plugin qtdeclarative5-localstorage-plugin qtdeclarative5-window-plugin 

Known dependencies for other distributions can be found on the github of cool-retro-term.

Now use commands below to compile the program:

git clone https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term.git
cd cool-retro-term
qmake && make

Once the program is compiled, you can run it with this command:

./cool-retro-term

If you like to have this app in program menu for quick access so that you won’t have to run it manually each time with the commands, you can use the command below:

sudo cp cool-retro-term.desktop /usr/share/applications

You can learn some more terminal tricks here. Enjoy the vintage terminal in Linux :)