How To Install matchbox-keyboard on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard on Debian 9.

What is matchbox-keyboard

matchbox-keyboard is:

Matchbox-keyboard is an on-screen ‘virtual’ or ‘software’ keyboard, designed for touch-screen devices running X.

Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

There are three methods to install matchbox-keyboard 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 matchbox-keyboard Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matchbox-keyboard

Install matchbox-keyboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install matchbox-keyboard

Install matchbox-keyboard 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 matchbox-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matchbox-keyboard

How To Uninstall matchbox-keyboard on Debian 9

To uninstall only the matchbox-keyboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matchbox-keyboard

Uninstall matchbox-keyboard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall matchbox-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matchbox-keyboard

Remove matchbox-keyboard Configurations and Data

To remove matchbox-keyboard configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge matchbox-keyboard

Remove matchbox-keyboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matchbox-keyboard

Dependencies

matchbox-keyboard have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexpat1
• libfakekey0
• libpng16-16
• libx11-6
• libxft2
• libxrender1

References

• matchbox-keyboard website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.