How To Install keymapper on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keymapper
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is keymapper
keymapper is:
This package implements an alternate way to let a user decide which keyboard map to use. It generates a decision tree and then asks the user to press a couple of keys. Depending on which keycode is returned, the list of possible keyboards is pruned until there is only one left.
There are three methods to install keymapper
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keymapper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keymapper
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keymapper
Install keymapper Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keymapper
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keymapper
Install keymapper 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install keymapper
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keymapper
How To Uninstall keymapper on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the keymapper
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keymapper
Uninstall keymapper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keymapper
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keymapper
Remove keymapper Configurations and Data
To remove keymapper
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keymapper
Remove keymapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keymapper
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keymapper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keymapper
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.