How To Install keyboardcast on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 355 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboardcast on Ubuntu.
What is keyboardcast
keyboardcast is:
With keyboardcast you can send keystrokes to any number of windows you select simultaneously. It also offers an option to start gnome-terminal processes (for instance to login to remote hosts)
There are three methods to install keyboardcast on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keyboardcast Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keyboardcast using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keyboardcast
Install keyboardcast Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keyboardcast using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keyboardcast
Install keyboardcast 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 keyboardcast using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keyboardcast
How To Uninstall keyboardcast on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the keyboardcast package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keyboardcast
Uninstall keyboardcast And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keyboardcast and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyboardcast
Remove keyboardcast Configurations and Data
To remove keyboardcast configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keyboardcast
Remove keyboardcast configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keyboardcast configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keyboardcast
Dependencies
keyboardcast have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyboardcast package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.