How To Install gxkb on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxkb on Debian 11.
What is gxkb
gxkb is:
gxkb is a little indicator applet which allows one to quickly switch between different keyboard layouts in X. A flag corresponding to the country of the active layout is shown in the indicator area.
The applet is written in C and uses the GTK+ library and therefore does not depend on any GNOME components.
There are three methods to install gxkb on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gxkb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gxkb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gxkb
Install gxkb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gxkb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gxkb
Install gxkb 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 gxkb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gxkb
How To Uninstall gxkb on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gxkb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gxkb
Uninstall gxkb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gxkb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxkb
Remove gxkb Configurations and Data
To remove gxkb configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gxkb
Remove gxkb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gxkb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxkb
Dependencies
gxkb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gxkb package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.