How To Install python-keybinder on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-keybinder on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-keybinder
python-keybinder 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 Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python-keybinder 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 python-keybinder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-keybinder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-keybinder
Install python-keybinder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-keybinder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-keybinder
Install python-keybinder 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 python-keybinder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-keybinder
How To Uninstall python-keybinder on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-keybinder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-keybinder
Uninstall python-keybinder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-keybinder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-keybinder
Remove python-keybinder Configurations and Data
To remove python-keybinder configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-keybinder
Remove python-keybinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-keybinder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-keybinder
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-keybinder package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
