How to Install and Uninstall xbindkeys Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xbindkeys on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "xbindkeys" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xbindkeys on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall xbindkeys on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xbindkeys
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xbindkeys package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xbindkeys
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.7-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joerg Jaspert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Depends: guile-2.2-libs, libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6
Suggests: wish, xbindkeys-config
Filename: pool/universe/x/xbindkeys/xbindkeys_1.8.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 33336
MD5sum: 6b69037137fff43e75348c9e22b4482d
SHA1: 51fad08cd6888004ca0a5588ee22e5ff6e2f7bb0
SHA256: 7421dcca0165ecb318ca35d2dae3ec435ab7cebd2ef7fcc9791d9e88fa48cad6
SHA512: 00b87ceb209b2e5f853622e185c29fe64025d41f5b00f18ea063a2efdf1dd784b9e7424063e94c737b505ca6939a2160a65afb75198cb233b74ae736d03b2626
Homepage: https://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/
Description: Associate a combination of keys or mouse buttons with a shell command
Description-md5: 235a684b27d5f0dc5c32177094854d66