How To Install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9.
What is libkeybinder-dev
libkeybinder-dev is:
keybinder is a library for registering global keyboard shortcuts to be used by GTK-based applications under the X Window System.
When a combination of key is pressed, keybinder notifies it to the registering application, which can execute one or more operations based on the event previously registered.
Originally written as part of the Tomboy project, keybinder has been distributed as stand-alone library let other applications to use key binding.
This package contains libkeybinder development headers.
There are three methods to install libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libkeybinder-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkeybinder-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkeybinder-dev
Install libkeybinder-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkeybinder-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkeybinder-dev
Install libkeybinder-dev 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 libkeybinder-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkeybinder-dev
How To Uninstall libkeybinder-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkeybinder-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkeybinder-dev
Uninstall libkeybinder-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkeybinder-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkeybinder-dev
Remove libkeybinder-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkeybinder-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkeybinder-dev
Remove libkeybinder-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkeybinder-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkeybinder-dev
Dependencies
libkeybinder-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkeybinder-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.