How To Install keyman on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyman on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is keyman
keyman is:
Keyman makes it possible for you to type in over 1,000 languages on Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and phones, and even instantly in your web browser. With the world’s most powerful keyboarding engine, intuitive and rapid text input is now possible in your language, and for over 99% of the global population’s mother tongues!
Originally created in 1993 to type Lao on Windows, Keyman is now a free and open source keyboarding platform which allows anyone to write a keyboard layout for their language. Keyman is available for many platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux and the web.
Keyboard layouts are defined with a clear and easy to understand keyboard grammar. Keyman’s contextual input model means keyboard layouts can be intelligent and make it simple to type even the most complex languages. Keyboard layouts are distributed through an open catalog to all major desktop and mobile platforms.
Install, uninstall and view information about Keyman keyboard packages.
This package depends on all that is needed for using Keyman for Linux.
There are three methods to install keyman on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keyman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keyman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keyman
Install keyman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keyman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keyman
Install keyman 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 keyman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keyman
How To Uninstall keyman on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the keyman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keyman
Uninstall keyman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keyman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyman
Remove keyman Configurations and Data
To remove keyman configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keyman
Remove keyman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keyman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keyman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyman package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
