How To Install kmflcomp on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmflcomp on Debian 11. kmflcomp is KMFL (Keyboard Mapping for Linux) Compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmflcomp on Debian 11.

What is kmflcomp

kmflcomp is:

The kmfl library is a multilingual text processing library that implements the Keyman(C) text processing language.

Utility to compile Keyman-style keyboard layout files to a binary format for use by the KMFL keystroke interpreter.

There are three methods to install kmflcomp 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 kmflcomp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kmflcomp

Install kmflcomp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kmflcomp

Install kmflcomp 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 kmflcomp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kmflcomp

How To Uninstall kmflcomp on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove kmflcomp

Uninstall kmflcomp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kmflcomp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmflcomp

Remove kmflcomp Configurations and Data

To remove kmflcomp configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kmflcomp

Remove kmflcomp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmflcomp

Dependencies

kmflcomp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kmflcomp package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.