How To Install zmk on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 410 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zmk on Ubuntu.
What is zmk
zmk is:
Collection of makefiles implementing a system similar to autotools, but without the generated files that make understanding system behaviour harder.
Highlights include:
- Describe programs, test programs, static libraries, shared libraries, development headers, manual pages and more
- Use familiar targets like “all”, “check”, “install” and “clean”
- Works out of the box on popular distributions of Linux and MacOS
- Friendly to distribution packaging expecting autotools
- Compile natively with gcc, clang, tcc or the open-watcom compilers
- Cross compile with gcc and open-watcom
- Efficient and incremental, including the install target
There are three methods to install zmk 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 zmk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zmk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zmk
Install zmk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zmk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zmk
Install zmk 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 zmk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zmk
How To Uninstall zmk on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zmk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zmk
Uninstall zmk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zmk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zmk
Remove zmk Configurations and Data
To remove zmk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zmk
Remove zmk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zmk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zmk
Dependencies
zmk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zmk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.