How to install Soft Keyboard
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How to install Soft Keyboard:
This installation tutorial uses "2016-05-27-raspbian-jessie" version for testing. If use wheezy or earlier image, then the step5 and step6 have different file paths, please refer to the virtual-keyboard official installation tutorial for specification. Official reference address (English)http://ozzmaker.com/virtual-keyboard-for-the-raspberry-pi/
1. Install the necessary files
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libfakekey-dev libpng-dev libxft-dev autoconf libtool
2.Install the matchbox-keyboard
git clone https://github.com/mwilliams03/matchbox-keyboard.git cd matchbox-keyboard ./autogen.sh
(Note: "./ autogen.sh" execution takes a few minutes, and would show as follows after running correctly; if it doesn’t show as follows, then need to check to see if there are error Popup Window prompt) Continue:
sudo make sudo make install
3. Install the shared data library for matchbox-keyboard
sudo apt-get install libmatchbox1
As following: 4. Create a virtual keyboard startup script
sudo nano /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh
Paste the following, press Ctrl + X and Y, to save then exit
#!/bin/bash #This script toggle the virtual keyboard PID=`pidof matchbox-keyboard` if [ ! -e $PID ]; then killall matchbox-keyboard else matchbox-keyboard -s 50 extended& fi
Add executable permission for the script above
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh