How To Install plover on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plover on Ubuntu.

What is `plover`

plover is:

Plover is a small, slick Python application that runs in the background and acts as a translator to read steno movements and emulate keystrokes in a way that the programs you are using can’t even tell you’re using steno.

Plover is used today by hundreds of people, ranging from professional stenographers, transcriptionists, programmers, and hobbyists. It supports:

Regular keyboards and real steno machines
Media key support to control media, change volume, etc.
Comes with a well-developed theory extended from StenEd, but with over 50,000 new strokes.
Supports JSON and RTF/CRE dictionaries
Includes training tools to help you learn

There are three methods to install plover 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 plover Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plover

Install plover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plover using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plover

Install plover 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 plover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plover

How To Uninstall plover on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the plover package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plover

Uninstall plover And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plover

Remove plover Configurations and Data

To remove plover configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plover

Remove plover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plover

Dependencies

plover have the following dependencies:

References

plover website

Summary

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