How To Install libinput-pad-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-pad-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libinput-pad-dev
libinput-pad-dev is:
The input pad is a tool to send a character to text applications when the corresponging button is pressed. It provides the GTK+ based GUI and can send characters when the GTK+ buttons are pressed.
This package contains the header files.
There are three methods to install libinput-pad-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libinput-pad-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinput-pad-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinput-pad-dev
Install libinput-pad-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinput-pad-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinput-pad-dev
Install libinput-pad-dev 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 libinput-pad-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinput-pad-dev
How To Uninstall libinput-pad-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libinput-pad-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinput-pad-dev
Uninstall libinput-pad-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinput-pad-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinput-pad-dev
Remove libinput-pad-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libinput-pad-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinput-pad-dev
Remove libinput-pad-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinput-pad-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinput-pad-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-pad-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.