How to Install and Uninstall kbd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "kbd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kbd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kbd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kbd" package

Learn how to uninstall kbd on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kbd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kbd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: kbd
Version: 2.0.4-4
Installed-Size: 1725
Maintainer: Console utilities maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: console-utilities
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: console-setup | console-data
Conflicts: console-utilities
Description: Linux console font and keytable utilities
Description-md5: 80520c023c3e2f5afc69a9cc94f08339
Homepage: http://www.kbd-project.org/
Tag: admin::configuring, hardware::input:keyboard, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, works-with::font
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kbd/kbd_2.0.4-4_amd64.deb
Size: 336804
MD5sum: d0829a0b75c93e02231778159fc521fa
SHA256: 53601aff244fbc7efae889e7db059cae110419e791b4038ba03ec66569fc46fb