How to Install Tilix Terminal Emulator in Ubuntu/Fedora/Arch Linux?

A terminal emulator is a software that helps in interacting with the computer machine and perform operations using commands. Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator formerly known as Terminix. It is an enhancement over a regular terminal and provides some important features.

Features of Tilix Terminal Emulator:

• Enable users to split the terminal into different sections in order to avoid switching between multiple tabs of the terminal.
• Allows arranging and rearranging the split panes easily using drag and drop.
• Support different terminal themes and layouts.
• Notification support when the processes are completed.
• Enables to use a transparent background.
• Quake mode - Allows using a keyboard shortcut to show or hide the terminal window.
• The highly configurable user interface, background images, etc.
• Input can be synchronized between terminals so commands typed in one terminal are replicated to the others.

Installation in Ubuntu:

It can be done with two methods:

1. Using command.
2. Using App store.

Method 1: Using command.

Open terminal and type the command,

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install tilix

Method 2: Using App store.

 You can also install it from 'Ubuntu Software' in your system:

Using these steps:

1. Search and open Ubuntu software in your computer
2. Type tilix for search in the Ubuntu software
3. Press the installation button

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Installation in Fedora:

Tilix is available in the default repository and can be installed with:

sudo dnf install tilix

Installation in Linux:

Tilix is available in Arch Linux’ repository and can be installed with:

pacman -S tilix

Usage:

Split the terminals horizontally or vertically by clicking on the two icons in the top left corner.

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Within each pane of the terminal, there are other options also. From the titlebar's context menu, you can select various options.

• Enabling Read-Only will open the terminal window in reading mode and one cannot write any command.
• Assistants → Password will let you add a password for tilix.

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Profiles→ Edit Profile will open a dialogue box as shown below that would help to adjust the general setting, compatibility, layout, size, etc of the tilix terminal.

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You can also have a transparent background by increasing the transparency in Profiles → Edit Profile → Color. Apart from this, there are different color palettes and themes that make the tilix even more interesting.

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Tilix has a bunch of functionalities and is considered even better over terminator. One should try and explore the features it provides to make your work easier. The article mentions only a few usages of the tilix which are very much highlighting and should have been present in a standard terminal emulator.