How to install Typing Tutor Application on Debian 12

To Install Typing Tutor Application On Debian 12

Introduction:

A Typing Tutor is an application that allows us to learn and test our typing skills. Several popular Typing Tutor applications can run efficiently on Debian. In this tutorial, let us see the installation of Klavare, two of the most popular typing tutor applications.

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Check the OS version by using the below command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:	12
Codename:	bookworm

Step 2: Install Klavaro by using the below command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install klavaro -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  klavaro
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 119 not upgraded.
Need to get 778 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,466 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 klavaro amd64 3.11-1+b1 [778 kB]
Fetched 778 kB in 0s (1,708 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package klavaro.
(Reading database ... 170397 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../klavaro_3.11-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking klavaro (3.11-1+b1) ...
Setting up klavaro (3.11-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ...

Step 3: Once the installation has been completed, open the application from your terminal using the command “ klavaro.” The Klavaro application appears on your screen.

root@linuxhelp:~# klavaro
Error creating proxy: The connection is closed (g-io-error-quark, 18)

(klavaro:4118): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:11:05.756: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars

(klavaro:4118): Gtk-WARNING **: 03:11:05.756: Content added to the action area of a dialog using header bars
** Message: 03:11:05.769: Using "C" as language code.
** Message: 03:11:05.834: Empty accuracy log: /root/.local/share/klavaro/accuracy.log_qwerty_us
** Message: 03:11:05.835: Empty proficiency log: /root/.local/share/klavaro/proficiency.log_qwerty_us
** Message: 03:11:33.823: loading dictionary: C.words
Tens of words:
 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75 - 76 - 77 - 78 - 79 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 88 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92 - 93 - 94 - 95 - 96 - 97 - 98 - 99 - 100 - 101 - 102 - 103 - 104 - 105 - 106 - 107 - 108 - 109 - 110 - 111 - 112 - 113 - 114 - 115 - 116 - 117 - 118 - 119 - 120 - 121 - 122 - 123 - 124 - 125 - 126 - 127 - 128 - 129 - 130 - 131 - 132 - 133 - 134 - 135 - 136 - 137 - 138 - 139 - 140 - 141 - 142 - 143 - 144 - 145 - 146 - 147 - 148 - 149 - 150 - 151 - 152 - 153 - 154 - 155 - 156 - 157 - 158 - 159 - 160 - 161 - 162 - 163 - 164 - 165 - 166 - 167 - 168
** Message: 03:11:33.823: Dictionary loaded!


** Message: 03:12:06.152: Espeak not installed, so we'll say nothing:
 espeak -ven -k1 --punct 'And'
** Message: 03:15:30.918: writing touch timing deviation results at:
 /root/.local/share/klavaro/deviation_velo.txt
** Message: 03:18:07.076: writing touch timing deviation results at:
 /root/.local/share/klavaro/deviation_velo.txt

Adiaux!

Step 4: You can choose the test options and test your typing skills as shown in the below image

Step 5: Here, the speed test has been chosen as shown in the below image

Step 6: Now type the passage as shown in the below image

Step 7: Once you have completed the test, your test analysis is displayed on the screen.

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Typing Tutor on Debian 12. Your feedback is much welcome.