# Installing the best terminal emulator on Pop!_OS 22.04: Terminator

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## **Terminator**

![GNOME Terminator - Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gnome-Terminator.svg/1200px-Gnome-Terminator.svg.png align="left")

Terminator is a popular choice among Linux users, particularly those who work extensively with the command line, because of its advanced features and flexibility.

It's available in the software repositories of many Linux distributions and can be installed using package managers like APT (for Debian/Ubuntu-based systems) or YUM (for Red Hat/Fedora-based systems).

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## **Let's get down to business**

Shall we?

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### **Check your OS (optional)**

This step is just to make sure you have `Pop!_OS` installed.

```plaintext
uname -a
hostnamectl
lsb_release -a
cat /etc/os-release
```

Output

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1701960709361/81a5f20c-2703-45ff-83d3-440318836a26.png?auto=compress,format&format=webp&auto=compress,format&format=webp&auto=compress,format&format=webp&auto=compress,format&format=webp align="left")

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## **Update packages info**

```plaintext
sudo apt-get update
```

Running `sudo apt-get update` is an important step before installing or upgrading packages on your system because it ensures that you have the most up-to-date information about available packages.

Without updating the package index, you might not see the latest versions of software or be able to install new packages that have been added to the repositories since the last update.

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## Install Terminator

```plaintext
sudo apt install terminator
```

Output

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1702148600936/5e72dd95-4856-4423-a86e-456b9a538737.png align="center")

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## Check installation

```plaintext
terminatlr --version
which terminator
```

Output

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## Run

```plaintext
terminator
```

Output

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1702148855419/cf190759-a47d-4766-85e0-ba3675118ac9.png align="center")

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## **Done**

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