How To Install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9. libkeybinder-dev is registers global key bindings for applications - development headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9.

What is libkeybinder-dev

libkeybinder-dev is:

keybinder is a library for registering global keyboard shortcuts to be used by GTK-based applications under the X Window System.

When a combination of key is pressed, keybinder notifies it to the registering application, which can execute one or more operations based on the event previously registered.

Originally written as part of the Tomboy project, keybinder has been distributed as stand-alone library let other applications to use key binding.

This package contains libkeybinder development headers.

There are three methods to install libkeybinder-dev 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 libkeybinder-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 libkeybinder-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkeybinder-dev

Install libkeybinder-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkeybinder-dev

Install libkeybinder-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libkeybinder-dev

How To Uninstall libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkeybinder-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkeybinder-dev

Uninstall libkeybinder-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkeybinder-dev

Remove libkeybinder-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkeybinder-dev

Remove libkeybinder-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkeybinder-dev

Dependencies

libkeybinder-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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