How To Install numlockx on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install numlockx on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is numlockx
numlockx is:
Utilities to enable the keyboard’s Numeric Lock during X11 session initialization or using command line utility.
The package automatically installs session script to enable numlock on session start.
There are three methods to install numlockx 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 numlockx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install numlockx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install numlockx
Install numlockx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install numlockx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install numlockx
Install numlockx 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 numlockx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install numlockx
How To Uninstall numlockx on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the numlockx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove numlockx
Uninstall numlockx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall numlockx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove numlockx
Remove numlockx Configurations and Data
To remove numlockx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge numlockx
Remove numlockx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove numlockx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numlockx
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install numlockx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
