How To Install kylin-display-switch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-display-switch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kylin-display-switch
kylin-display-switch is:
Kylin Display Switch is a Gui tool managing display output. Super_L + P/F3/F7 are utilized to activate display switching.
It also monitors CapsLock and NumLock key, when these buttons are clicked, corresponding reminder will popper up.
There are three methods to install kylin-display-switch 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 kylin-display-switch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-display-switch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kylin-display-switch
Install kylin-display-switch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kylin-display-switch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kylin-display-switch
Install kylin-display-switch 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 kylin-display-switch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kylin-display-switch
How To Uninstall kylin-display-switch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kylin-display-switch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kylin-display-switch
Uninstall kylin-display-switch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kylin-display-switch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kylin-display-switch
Remove kylin-display-switch Configurations and Data
To remove kylin-display-switch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kylin-display-switch
Remove kylin-display-switch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kylin-display-switch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kylin-display-switch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kylin-display-switch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
