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How To Install Matchbox-Keyboard (En)

This document provides instructions for installing matchbox-keyboard, a virtual keyboard for the Raspberry Pi. It involves 8 steps: 1) installing necessary files, 2) cloning the matchbox-keyboard repository and compiling, 3) installing a shared library, 4) creating a startup script, 5) adding the script to the Start menu, 6) adding an icon to the taskbar, and 7) rebooting to launch the keyboard from the taskbar icon. Following these steps will provide a virtual keyboard that can be toggled on and off from the taskbar.

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How To Install Matchbox-Keyboard (En)

This document provides instructions for installing matchbox-keyboard, a virtual keyboard for the Raspberry Pi. It involves 8 steps: 1) installing necessary files, 2) cloning the matchbox-keyboard repository and compiling, 3) installing a shared library, 4) creating a startup script, 5) adding the script to the Start menu, 6) adding an icon to the taskbar, and 7) rebooting to launch the keyboard from the taskbar icon. Following these steps will provide a virtual keyboard that can be toggled on and off from the taskbar.

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How to install matchbox-keyboard 2016-08-31

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, pls 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-devlibpng-devautoconflibxft-devlibtoolautomake -y

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:
sudomake
sudo make install

3, install the shared data library for matchbox-keyboard


sudo apt-get install libmatchbox1 –y
As following:
How to install matchbox-keyboard 2016-08-31

4. Create a virtual keyboard startup script


sudonano /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


sudochmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh

5, Add script above to Start menu


sudonano /usr/share/applications/toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop

Paste the following content, press ctrl + x and y, to save then exit
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard
Comment=Toggle Matchbox Keyboard
Exec=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.sh
Type=Application
Icon=matchbox-keyboard.png
Categories=Panel;Utility;MB
X-MB-INPUT-MECHANSIM=True
How to install matchbox-keyboard 2016-08-31

6, create an icon on the taskbar (Note that in this step, must be "pi" user privileges,

if you use administrator privileges, will not find the file)

nano ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel

7, find the resembles similar to the following command (default content may be different in
different Raspberry Pi versions)
Plugin {
type=launchbar
Config {
Button {
id=/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop
}
Button {
id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/pcmanfm.desktop
}
Button {
id=/usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/lxterminal.desktop
}
Button {
id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-mathematica.desktop
}
Button {
id=/usr/share/applications/wolfram-language.desktop
}
}
}

Add the following code to add a icon item


Button {
id=toggle-matchbox-keyboard.desktop
}

After modifying, would show as below:


How to install matchbox-keyboard 2016-08-31

8, after modifying, run the following command and re-start the system; you will see a virtual
keyboard icon in taskbar on the screen normally.
sudo reboot

P.S. Log into via SSH to see how to change the size of the virtual keyboard
DISPLAY=:0.0 matchbox-keyboard -s 50 extended
DISPLAY=:0.0 matchbox-keyboard -s 100 extended

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