How To Install gkbd-capplet on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkbd-capplet on Debian 9. gkbd-capplet is GNOME control center tools for libgnomekbd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkbd-capplet on Debian 9.

What is gkbd-capplet

gkbd-capplet is:

libgnomekbd offers an API to manage the keyboard in GNOME applications.

This package contains a helper for the GNOME control center to configure and display keyboard mappings.

There are three methods to install gkbd-capplet on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gkbd-capplet Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gkbd-capplet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gkbd-capplet

Install gkbd-capplet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gkbd-capplet using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gkbd-capplet

Install gkbd-capplet Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gkbd-capplet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkbd-capplet

How To Uninstall gkbd-capplet on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gkbd-capplet package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gkbd-capplet

Uninstall gkbd-capplet And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gkbd-capplet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkbd-capplet

Remove gkbd-capplet Configurations and Data

To remove gkbd-capplet configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gkbd-capplet

Remove gkbd-capplet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gkbd-capplet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkbd-capplet

Dependencies

gkbd-capplet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkbd-capplet package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.