How To Install esekeyd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install esekeyd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is esekeyd
esekeyd is:
ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard daemon for Linux. With the 2.6 kernel series it can also handle remote controls, as they are presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required. It is a userspace program that pools /dev/input/event? interfaces for incoming keyboard key presses.
There are three methods to install esekeyd 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 esekeyd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install esekeyd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install esekeyd
Install esekeyd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install esekeyd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install esekeyd
Install esekeyd 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 esekeyd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install esekeyd
How To Uninstall esekeyd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the esekeyd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove esekeyd
Uninstall esekeyd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall esekeyd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove esekeyd
Remove esekeyd Configurations and Data
To remove esekeyd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge esekeyd
Remove esekeyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove esekeyd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esekeyd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install esekeyd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.