How To Install matchbox-keyboard on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install matchbox-keyboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install matchbox-keyboardInstall matchbox-keyboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install matchbox-keyboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install matchbox-keyboardInstall matchbox-keyboard Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install matchbox-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install matchbox-keyboardHow To Uninstall matchbox-keyboard on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the matchbox-keyboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove matchbox-keyboardUninstall matchbox-keyboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall matchbox-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove matchbox-keyboardRemove matchbox-keyboard Configurations and Data
To remove matchbox-keyboard configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge matchbox-keyboardRemove 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-keyboardDependencies
matchbox-keyboard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
