How To Install libxkbcommon-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-tools on Debian 12.
What is libxkbcommon-tools
libxkbcommon-tools is:
xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state. It’s mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other system applications; currently that includes Wayland, kmscon, GTK+, Clutter, and more.
This package contains the xkbcli tool to interact with XKB keymaps.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git
There are three methods to install libxkbcommon-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxkbcommon-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon-tools
Install libxkbcommon-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon-tools
Install libxkbcommon-tools 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 libxkbcommon-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon-tools
How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libxkbcommon-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon-tools
Uninstall libxkbcommon-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbcommon-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon-tools
Remove libxkbcommon-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbcommon-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon-tools
Remove libxkbcommon-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon-tools
Dependencies
libxkbcommon-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
