How To Install msi-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install msi-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is msi-keyboard
msi-keyboard is:
This command line tool allows one to change the color setup of MSI steelseries keyboards, found on some MSI laptop. The tool supports changing operational mode of keyboard backlight and changing color and intensity of specific areas.
There are three methods to install msi-keyboard 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 msi-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 msi-keyboard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install msi-keyboard
Install msi-keyboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install msi-keyboard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install msi-keyboard
Install msi-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install msi-keyboard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install msi-keyboard
How To Uninstall msi-keyboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the msi-keyboard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove msi-keyboard
Uninstall msi-keyboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall msi-keyboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove msi-keyboard
Remove msi-keyboard Configurations and Data
To remove msi-keyboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge msi-keyboard
Remove msi-keyboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove msi-keyboard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge msi-keyboard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install msi-keyboard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
