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#1 2020-04-18 21:13:26
- boomerhackr
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How do I install a terminal emulator without a terminal emulator?
I originally installed MATE in Arch Linux, but then I wanted to switch to i3, so I installed that. When I logged into i3, I saw 2 terminal emulators when i pressed mod+d: mate-terminal and i3-sensible-terminal, so I uninstalled the mate-terminal. However somehow I uninstalled both of them, and now when I press mod+[enter] a message saying 'i3-sensible-terminal could not find a terminal emulator. Please install one.'. I would normally run 'sudo pacman -S i3-sensible-terminal', however I can't because I don't have a terminal emulator to run the command. Additionally I don't know how to exit out of lightdm to get to a real terminal (not an emulator, just the bare bones text based console without gui), because I would have to run a command to do that.
How do I either install a terminal emulator without a terminal emulator or disable lightdm without running a command?
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#2 2020-04-18 21:19:49
- Slithery
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#3 2020-04-18 21:22:46
- dakota
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Re: How do I install a terminal emulator without a terminal emulator?
Will Ctr+Alt+F2 switch to a different terminal?
EDIT - too late.
Last edited by dakota (2020-04-18 21:24:05)
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#4 2020-04-18 22:28:44
- boomerhackr
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Re: How do I install a terminal emulator without a terminal emulator?
Thanks, I fixed it with f2.
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#5 2020-04-18 22:29:32
- 2ManyDogs
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Re: How do I install a terminal emulator without a terminal emulator?
Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] (edit the title of your first post).
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