How to Install and Uninstall joy2key Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "joy2key" package

This guide let you learn how to install joy2key on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                joy2key
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "joy2key" package

Learn how to uninstall joy2key on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                joy2key
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the joy2key package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: joy2key
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Niehof
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/j/joy2key/joy2key_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23690
MD5sum: f33193d662995c3ab278f1b74fe872f4
SHA1: d549581dd0ad979f54007794d8192d6a4c114d87
SHA256: 364d5597bf315bd09f7ce5cc97aefe02a5b080e55852eef7e579806f556afeba
Description-en: Translate joystick movements into equivalent keystrokes
joy2key allows one to choose keyboard events for joystick axes and buttons,
so that a joystick or gamepad can be used with an application that doesn't
have native joystick support.
Description-md5: 426b0177419fa0bd1f0b0db755ab93ab
Homepage: http://joy2key.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu