Installing q will change the operation of the Backspace key in an xterm from sending BS to sending DEL (the same as in a VT console). The install process updates /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm to achieve this. The change will not be visible until X is restarted. Before that, the user can un-tick "Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)" in the main xterm menu (Ctl-mb1).