How To Install libgnomekbd-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnomekbd-common on Ubuntu 18.04. libgnomekbd-common is GNOME library to manage keyboard configuration - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnomekbd-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgnomekbd-common

libgnomekbd-common is:

libgnomekbd offers an API to manage the keyboard in GNOME applications.

libgnomekbdui offers an API to display a graphical user interface for libgnomekbd operations.

This package contains files common to the various libgnomekbd packages.

There are three methods to install libgnomekbd-common 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 libgnomekbd-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgnomekbd-common

Install libgnomekbd-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgnomekbd-common

Install libgnomekbd-common 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 libgnomekbd-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnomekbd-common

How To Uninstall libgnomekbd-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgnomekbd-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnomekbd-common

Uninstall libgnomekbd-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnomekbd-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnomekbd-common

Remove libgnomekbd-common Configurations and Data

To remove libgnomekbd-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnomekbd-common

Remove libgnomekbd-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnomekbd-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnomekbd-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.