Alacritty is a free and open source terminal emulator that focuses on performance and simplicity. It is faster than any other terminal emulator on the market due to its target performance.
Alacritty is a terminal multiplexer for Ubuntu that can be used to easily provide tabs and divisions in the terminal.
Steps to install Alacritty Terminal on Ubuntu
Update Ubuntu 22.04
Open your terminal, type Ctrl+Alt+T and press Enter. Then, run the system update with the specified command.
Add Alacritty PPA repository
Ubuntu 22.04 users can use the second method described in this tutorial, which is to use the source code. However, those looking for an easy way can use the PPA repository.
Install Alacritty Terminal on Ubuntu 22.04
After adding the PPA repository, we can install Alacritty terminal on Ubuntu 22.04 using the system APT package manager. ..
Install Developer Tools
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git clone https://github.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-restricted-linux.git cd ubuntu-restricted-linux sudo aptitude install git gcc g++ make sudo make install
Configure Rust on Ubuntu 22.04
To install the Rust terminal emulator application, just run the given command.
Download Alacritty source code
Copy the source from Alacritty’s GitHub repository to our computer.
Start the build process
git clone https://github.com/mycompany/my-new-project.git This will clone the repository to your local computer and place it in your mycompany directory.
Create a desktop shortcut
Once the Alacritty source installation process is complete, the compiled binary is saved in a directory, here is the path to it: /target/release/alacritty. This binary is located in the git directory of your Alacritty clone. ..
Run Alacritty Terminal
To install Alacritty on Ubuntu, follow one of the following methods: -Using the Ubuntu Software Center -Picking it up from the Ubuntu repositories ..
for customization
We can create a Terminal theme that looks like Alacritty. You can get the pattern here on Github.
Pre-built terminal themes
NPM is a package management system that lets you install and uninstall packages with ease. You can use it to install themes, plugins, and other add-ons.
Uninstall Alacritty from Ubuntu 22.04
sudo apt-get remove alacritty sudo apt-get install alacritty
Final Words
In this article, we will show you how to install Alacritty Terminal on Ubuntu. Alacritty is a cross-platform terminal emulator with GPU acceleration that was created with simplicity and efficiency in mind. It lacks many fancy features like tabs and divisions that you find in other Terminal emulators, like Terminology.
