How To Install vkeybd on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vkeybd
on Debian 10.
What is vkeybd
vkeybd is:
This program allows you to use the Linux AWE32 driver, OSS MIDI sequencer, or ALSA MIDI sequencer and provides “virtual” keyboard (the musical type), which can be “played” using the keyboard or mouse under X11.
There are three methods to install vkeybd
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 vkeybd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vkeybd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vkeybd
Install vkeybd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vkeybd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vkeybd
Install vkeybd 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 vkeybd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vkeybd
How To Uninstall vkeybd on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vkeybd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vkeybd
Uninstall vkeybd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vkeybd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vkeybd
Remove vkeybd Configurations and Data
To remove vkeybd
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vkeybd
Remove vkeybd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vkeybd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vkeybd
Dependencies
vkeybd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vkeybd
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.