How to Install and Uninstall python-virtkey Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "python-virtkey" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install python-virtkey on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python-virtkey
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python-virtkey" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall python-virtkey on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: python-virtkey
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 43
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Jones
Architecture: amd64
Source: virtkey
Version: 0.63.0-0ubuntu5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libx11-6, libxkbfile1, libxtst6, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/v/virtkey/python-virtkey_0.63.0-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 13972
MD5sum: 177a72f5fc57a2dd34c30bca9e3f9a05
SHA1: 55d1486a81e908487abee813c7467fb309295301
SHA256: 4016ae9ec09c5f1e14a7f2b2bfb163a52fcbf7d9447eec289385df60d886ff3c
Description-en: Library to emulate keyboard keypresses.
python-virtkey is a python extension for emulating keypresses and
getting the keyboard geometry from the xserver.
Description-md5: 96869cff4693d20ceb306605a2d4abfd
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/virtkey
Python-Version: 2.7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu