How To Install keyboard-configuration on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboard-configuration on Kali Linux.
What is keyboard-configuration
keyboard-configuration is:
This package maintains the keyboard preferences in /etc/default/keyboard. Other packages can use the information provided by this package in order to configure the keyboard on the console or in X Window.
There are three methods to install keyboard-configuration on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keyboard-configuration Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install keyboard-configuration using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keyboard-configurationInstall keyboard-configuration Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install keyboard-configuration using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keyboard-configurationInstall keyboard-configuration Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install keyboard-configuration using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keyboard-configurationHow To Uninstall keyboard-configuration on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the keyboard-configuration package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keyboard-configurationUninstall keyboard-configuration And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keyboard-configuration and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyboard-configurationRemove keyboard-configuration Configurations and Data
To remove keyboard-configuration configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keyboard-configurationRemove keyboard-configuration configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keyboard-configuration configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keyboard-configurationDependencies
keyboard-configuration have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboard-configuration package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
