How to Install and Uninstall esekeyd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "esekeyd" package

This is a short guide on how to install esekeyd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall esekeyd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                esekeyd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the esekeyd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: esekeyd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.7-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 89
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/e/esekeyd/esekeyd_1.2.7-2_amd64.deb
Size: 18728
MD5sum: 06d210ce90ee546be9becd3157da5d0b
SHA1: 82493b172394fb31f8414b5ed366dbda5ed43895
SHA256: e97f7c5a4300e43394afbbeecf78326b689123d058be813f071bf434e6d54b04
SHA512: afeb8a65893cbf45daa9e5c747c1736e36dd414697f82899e5e90e30911ede2f27e626631d38e0a25c05923666fabbc9dc85eb12e6da8d40dbf50c581df302ad
Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/esekeyd/
Description-en: multimedia keyboard daemon for Linux
ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard daemon for Linux. With the 2.6 kernel
series it can also handle remote controls, as they are presented as keyboards.
No kernel patch is required. It is a userspace program that pools
/dev/input/event? interfaces for incoming keyboard key presses.
Description-md5: 194a66ee325f429b04e2eac588b0041d