How To Install screenkey on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenkey on Debian 9.
What is screenkey
screenkey is:
Screenkey is a screencast tool to display your keys inspired by Screenflick for Mac OS and based initially on key-mon project.
It??s useful to create screencasts and is also a powerful teaching tool.
There are three methods to install screenkey 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 screenkey Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install screenkey using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install screenkey
Install screenkey Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install screenkey using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install screenkey
Install screenkey 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 screenkey using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install screenkey
How To Uninstall screenkey on Debian 9
To uninstall only the screenkey package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove screenkey
Uninstall screenkey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall screenkey and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenkey
Remove screenkey Configurations and Data
To remove screenkey configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge screenkey
Remove screenkey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove screenkey configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenkey
Dependencies
screenkey have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenkey package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.