How To Install lxhotkey-gtk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxhotkey-gtk on Debian 10.
What is lxhotkey-gtk
lxhotkey-gtk is:
LXHotkey is an universal application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) which allows view and change global keyboard shortcuts for Window Manager actions, including ones to start applications.
This package contains a GTK+ 2.0 GUI plugin.
There are three methods to install lxhotkey-gtk on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxhotkey-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxhotkey-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxhotkey-gtk
Install lxhotkey-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxhotkey-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxhotkey-gtk
Install lxhotkey-gtk 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 lxhotkey-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxhotkey-gtk
How To Uninstall lxhotkey-gtk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lxhotkey-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxhotkey-gtk
Uninstall lxhotkey-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxhotkey-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxhotkey-gtk
Remove lxhotkey-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove lxhotkey-gtk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxhotkey-gtk
Remove lxhotkey-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxhotkey-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxhotkey-gtk
Dependencies
lxhotkey-gtk have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfm4
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libunistring2
- libx11-6
- lxhotkey-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxhotkey-gtk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.