How To Install matchbox-keyboard-im on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard-im on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is matchbox-keyboard-im
matchbox-keyboard-im 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.
This package provides a GTK+ input module for use with Matchbox-keyboard or other on-screen keyboards.
There are three methods to install matchbox-keyboard-im 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 matchbox-keyboard-im Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install matchbox-keyboard-im using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install matchbox-keyboard-im
Install matchbox-keyboard-im Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install matchbox-keyboard-im using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install matchbox-keyboard-im
Install matchbox-keyboard-im 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 matchbox-keyboard-im using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install matchbox-keyboard-im
How To Uninstall matchbox-keyboard-im on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the matchbox-keyboard-im package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove matchbox-keyboard-im
Uninstall matchbox-keyboard-im And Its Dependencies
To uninstall matchbox-keyboard-im and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove matchbox-keyboard-im
Remove matchbox-keyboard-im Configurations and Data
To remove matchbox-keyboard-im configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge matchbox-keyboard-im
Remove matchbox-keyboard-im configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove matchbox-keyboard-im configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matchbox-keyboard-im
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install matchbox-keyboard-im package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
