How To Install keytouch-editor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keytouch-editor on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is keytouch-editor
keytouch-editor is:
KeyTouch Editor should be used to create configuration files for KeyTouch, a program to configure extra function keys in multimedia keyboards, in case your keyboard is not yet supported.
There are three methods to install keytouch-editor on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keytouch-editor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keytouch-editor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keytouch-editor
Install keytouch-editor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keytouch-editor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keytouch-editor
Install keytouch-editor 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 keytouch-editor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keytouch-editor
How To Uninstall keytouch-editor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the keytouch-editor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keytouch-editor
Uninstall keytouch-editor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keytouch-editor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keytouch-editor
Remove keytouch-editor Configurations and Data
To remove keytouch-editor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keytouch-editor
Remove keytouch-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keytouch-editor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keytouch-editor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keytouch-editor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
