How To Install onboard-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install onboard-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. onboard-common is Simple On-screen Keyboard (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install onboard-common on Debian 10.

What is onboard-common

onboard-common is:

On-screen Keyboard with macros, easy layout creation and word suggestion.

This package ships the architecture independent files of the onboard on-screen keyboard.

There are three methods to install onboard-common 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 onboard-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install onboard-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install onboard-common

Install onboard-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install onboard-common

Install onboard-common 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 onboard-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install onboard-common

How To Uninstall onboard-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the onboard-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove onboard-common

Uninstall onboard-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall onboard-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove onboard-common

Remove onboard-common Configurations and Data

To remove onboard-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge onboard-common

Remove onboard-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge onboard-common

Dependencies

onboard-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install onboard-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.