How to Install and Uninstall xvkbd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "xvkbd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xvkbd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xvkbd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xvkbd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xvkbd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xvkbd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 929
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxaw7, libxmu6, libxt6, libxtst6
Recommends: x-terminal-emulator | xterm
Suggests: wamerican | wbritish | wcanadian
Filename: pool/universe/x/xvkbd/xvkbd_4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 252104
MD5sum: 6f59303bd6ac1ae5e0801bc85d916324
SHA1: e36c07e74f9d381cf967d77afeea679c59d8b50a
SHA256: aaa02aaec522c37eb42508bbdfd690f15273310904dd1e0f668d46972902d49b
SHA512: 587a83fb37e41989c23abfb12071fcfacde568e3a45fc32c7be71e870b6d507fa8f6ae38d90d80432c15f3a8f315ce417c6c2e152681688c63a654e89ea12a42
Homepage: http://t-sato.in.coocan.jp/xvkbd/
Description-en: software virtual keyboard for X11
xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System
which provides facility to enter characters onto other clients
(software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This
may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk
terminals or handheld devices. This program also has facility to
send characters specified as the command line option to another
client.
Description-md5: b297ece13356bf3fb7fce91ed25c4f93