How To Install keyboard-configuration on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboard-configuration on Ubuntu 20.04. keyboard-configuration is system-wide keyboard preferences

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboard-configuration on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is keyboard-configuration

keyboard-configuration is:

This package maintains the keyboard preferences in /etc/default/keyboard. Other packages can use the information provided by this package in order to configure the keyboard on the console or in X Window. Task: minimal

There are three methods to install keyboard-configuration on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install keyboard-configuration Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install keyboard-configuration

Install keyboard-configuration Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install keyboard-configuration

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

sudo aptitude -y install keyboard-configuration

How To Uninstall keyboard-configuration on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove keyboard-configuration

Uninstall keyboard-configuration And Its Dependencies

To uninstall keyboard-configuration and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyboard-configuration

Remove keyboard-configuration Configurations and Data

To remove keyboard-configuration configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge keyboard-configuration

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboard-configuration package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.