How To Install key-mon on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install key-mon on Debian 10.
What is key-mon
key-mon is:
key-mon shows on the desktop indicators of current keyboard and mouse status, and updates them live when you press keys or mouse buttons. It is very useful for teaching, live presentation and screencasts to show the user what keys/buttons you are pressing.
Features include several different themes, scalability to any size, support for super key and mouse wheel, support for multiple mouses/keyboards.
There are three methods to install key-mon on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install key-mon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install key-mon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install key-mon
Install key-mon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install key-mon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install key-mon
Install key-mon 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 key-mon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install key-mon
How To Uninstall key-mon on Debian 10
To uninstall only the key-mon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove key-mon
Uninstall key-mon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall key-mon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove key-mon
Remove key-mon Configurations and Data
To remove key-mon configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge key-mon
Remove key-mon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove key-mon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge key-mon
Dependencies
key-mon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install key-mon package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
