How To Install python-mmkeys on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mmkeys on Debian 9.
What is python-mmkeys
python-mmkeys is:
This module lets you access multimedia keys found on most new keyboards from Python; most important it grabs all input events so your program doesn’t need to be in focus when the key is pressed (which is the usual behavior of the keys). You still need something like Acme or xmodmap to map the keys before using them.
There are three methods to install python-mmkeys 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 python-mmkeys 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-mmkeys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mmkeys
Install python-mmkeys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mmkeys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mmkeys
Install python-mmkeys 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 python-mmkeys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mmkeys
How To Uninstall python-mmkeys on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-mmkeys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mmkeys
Uninstall python-mmkeys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mmkeys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mmkeys
Remove python-mmkeys Configurations and Data
To remove python-mmkeys configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mmkeys
Remove python-mmkeys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mmkeys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mmkeys
Dependencies
python-mmkeys have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- python
- python
- python-gtk2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mmkeys package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
