How To Install caribou on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install caribou on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is caribou
caribou is:
An input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users.
Package: caribou Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.4.21-7 Priority: extra Section: universe/gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 590 Depends: python3:any, libatspi2.0-0 (>= 2.9.90), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3-gi, gir1.2-caribou-1.0, gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-clutter-1.0, python3-dbus, python3-pyatspi Filename: pool/universe/c/caribou/caribou_0.4.21-7_amd64.deb Size: 74132 MD5sum: b61e6e79dfe7ce24bf8cdb875ab1ed58 SHA1: d737023d30ee6e496110f05cb12f2ea5b87cbac8 SHA256: b2d8bc4d56231d15b3393a6fd0a891228e954933e1a3b1a53054dda7ac3bbe6e Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Caribou Description-en: Configurable on screen keyboard with scanning mode An input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users.
There are three methods to install caribou 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 caribou Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install caribou using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install caribou
Install caribou Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install caribou using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install caribou
Install caribou 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 caribou using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install caribou
How To Uninstall caribou on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the caribou package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove caribou
Uninstall caribou And Its Dependencies
To uninstall caribou and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove caribou
Remove caribou Configurations and Data
To remove caribou configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge caribou
Remove caribou configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove caribou configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge caribou
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install caribou package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
