How To Install squeekboard-devel 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 squeekboard-devel on Ubuntu.

What is `squeekboard-devel`

squeekboard-devel is:

Tools for creating and testing Squeekboard layouts:

squeekboard-entry
squeekboard-test-layout

There are three methods to install squeekboard-devel 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 squeekboard-devel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install squeekboard-devel

Install squeekboard-devel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install squeekboard-devel

Install squeekboard-devel 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 squeekboard-devel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squeekboard-devel

How To Uninstall squeekboard-devel on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the squeekboard-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove squeekboard-devel

Uninstall squeekboard-devel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squeekboard-devel

Remove squeekboard-devel Configurations and Data

To remove squeekboard-devel configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge squeekboard-devel

Remove squeekboard-devel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squeekboard-devel

Dependencies

squeekboard-devel have the following dependencies:

References

squeekboard-devel website

Summary

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