How To Install sxhkd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sxhkd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sxhkd
sxhkd is:
sxhkd is a simple X hotkey daemon with a powerful and compact configuration syntax.
There are three methods to install sxhkd
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sxhkd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sxhkd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sxhkd
Install sxhkd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sxhkd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sxhkd
Install sxhkd 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 sxhkd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sxhkd
How To Uninstall sxhkd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sxhkd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sxhkd
Uninstall sxhkd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sxhkd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sxhkd
Remove sxhkd Configurations and Data
To remove sxhkd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sxhkd
Remove sxhkd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sxhkd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sxhkd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sxhkd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.