How To Install keyman on Debian 12

Learn how to install keyman on Debian 12 with this tutorial. keyman is Type in your language with Keyman for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyman on Debian 12.

What is keyman

keyman is:

Keyman makes it possible for you to type in over 2,000 languages on Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and phones, and even instantly in your web browser. With the world??s most powerful keyboarding engine, intuitive and rapid text input is now possible in your language, and for over 99% of the global population??s mother tongues!

Originally created in 1993 to type Lao on Windows, Keyman is now a free and open source keyboarding platform which allows anyone to write a keyboard layout for their language. Keyman is available for many platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux and the web.

Keyboard layouts are defined with a clear and easy to understand keyboard grammar. Keyman’s contextual input model means keyboard layouts can be intelligent and make it simple to type even the most complex languages. Keyboard layouts are distributed through an open catalog to all major desktop and mobile platforms.

Install, uninstall and view information about Keyman keyboard packages.

This package depends on all that is needed for using Keyman for Linux.

There are three methods to install keyman on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install keyman Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install keyman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install keyman

Install keyman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install keyman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install keyman

Install keyman 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 keyman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install keyman

How To Uninstall keyman on Debian 12

To uninstall only the keyman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove keyman

Uninstall keyman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall keyman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyman

Remove keyman Configurations and Data

To remove keyman configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge keyman

Remove keyman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove keyman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keyman

Dependencies

keyman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyman package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.