Terminal in Geany

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I just installed Ubuntu 12.04, I am a big fan of Geany, but now i don't have the terminal at the base of the window. I have tried to change the terminal preferences, without success. any ideas?

You need to install libvte -- but you don't need to install libvte-dev. This is only needed for compiling purpose. — frlan, Nov 21 '13 at 20:05

score 26 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 26 '13 at 03:37

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This is because Ubuntu12 lacks libvte.so, or at least the version Geany uses to emulate the terminal. Try this command

sudo apt-get install libvte-dev

edited Oct 26 '13 at 03:37

kiri

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answered May 19 '12 at 22:33

Manokadobo

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Only libvte9 is required.... the -dev installs a lot of unneeded things. – JorgeeFG May 08 '14 at 12:11
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-dev is really seriously overkill. – Nobody Feb 05 '16 at 19:17

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '12 at 19:35

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You can only install to enable the terminal tab: libvte9

answered Oct 19 '12 at 19:35

David Aparicio

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This is basically saying the same thing as the accepted answer above, right? – Tom Brossman Oct 20 '12 at 10:30
Thanks, that helped me. In my installation (ubuntu 12.04) I had libvte-2.90-9 already installed and because of some problem I was't able to install libvte-dev. – Betlista Jan 04 '13 at 20:36

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 17 '14 at 18:35

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Geany uses GTK+ 2.0 so you need libvte9

sudo apt-get install libvte9

answered Apr 17 '14 at 18:35

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This is the answer, no need to install libvte-dev which installs 90MB of packages. – JorgeeFG Mar 17 '15 at 18:46

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 19 '12 at 21:24

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Did You try to enable Menu-> View -> Show Message Window ? This will enable Geany bottom panel, where on left You will have "Terminal" tab ( the last one ).

answered May 19 '12 at 21:24

dydek

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Yes the message window is visable, but does not have a terminal tab. as seen here --> http://goo.gl/41Ihu – ahs3 May 19 '12 at 22:30

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