How To Install xxkb 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 xxkb on Ubuntu.

What is xxkb

xxkb is:

This program is a keyboard state indicator and switcher for xkb. Features:

• shows current xkb group (pixmap in its own window)
• allows switch group by mouse click
• allows individual state for every window
• can install its own button (indicator/mouse switcher) on every window’s title bar
• can restrict keyboard states for every window to only two (“main group” - “alternative group”) if xkb set up for more than two groups. Bugs:
• documentation is partially in Russian (koi8-r charset) only

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xxkb

Install xxkb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xxkb

Install xxkb 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 xxkb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xxkb

How To Uninstall xxkb on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xxkb

Uninstall xxkb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xxkb

Remove xxkb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xxkb

Remove xxkb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xxkb

Dependencies

xxkb have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4
• libxt6

References

• xxkb website

Summary

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