How To Install speedpad on Debian 10

Learn how to install speedpad on Debian 10 with this tutorial. speedpad is ncurses tool to test, train, and increase typing speed

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install speedpad on Debian 10.

What is speedpad

speedpad is:

This is a tool to improve your typing speed on arbitrary text input:

  • designed for intermediate to advanced level typists
  • assumes that you have already learned how to touch type
  • no lessons, no single words, no synthetic stuff
  • tab expansion, auto indentation and syntax support to train on code
  • reference speed robot (defaults to 100 WPM)
  • supports CPS, CPM, WPM, PPM, and CPH/KPH metrics
  • shows detailed statistics about speed and typos
  • helps to find and eliminate frequent typos

Speedpad uses fortune(6) to generate quotes if no input is provided. It dumps statistics to standard output in machine-readable format. This can be used to visualize your progress using tools like gnuplot(1).

If you want to learn touch typing, have a look at gtypist(1) instead. If you want to play typing games, have a look at tuxtype(1) and typespeed(1).

There are three methods to install speedpad 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 speedpad Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install speedpad

Install speedpad Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install speedpad using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install speedpad

Install speedpad 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 speedpad using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install speedpad

How To Uninstall speedpad on Debian 10

To uninstall only the speedpad package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove speedpad

Uninstall speedpad And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove speedpad

Remove speedpad Configurations and Data

To remove speedpad configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge speedpad

Remove speedpad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge speedpad

Dependencies

speedpad have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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