I still can not reproduce your problem. I tried evilvte_0.4.3-1_i386.deb and evilvte_0.4.4.1-1_i386.deb downloaded from Ubuntu official archive. Both of them works fine.
I still can not reproduce your problem. 0.4.3-1_ i386.deb and evilvte_ 0.4.4.1- 1_i386. deb downloaded from Ubuntu official archive.
I tried evilvte_
Both of them works fine.