Using wvkbd virtual keyboard on Debian12-Wayland

1 Overview

When using Wayland on Debian 12, users need to configure a virtual keyboard that works exclusively with Wayland.

2 wvkbd

wvkbd is a wayland based virtual keyboard that can be installed directly via apt install.

2.1 Install wvkbd

Execute the following command to install wvkbd

sudo apt install wvkbd

After the installation is complete, run wvkbd-mobintl in the terminal and observe if the virtual keyboard pops up on the hmi screen.

Press Ctrl+C to close it.

2.2 Configuring wvkbd

  1. Download the configuration file and run
git clone https://github.com/edatec/wvkbd.git
cd wvkbd 
sudo chmod +x wvkbd-config.sh
sudo ./wvkbd-config.sh
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  1. Click the keyboard icon in the status bar to bring up the virtual keyboard, and click it again to close it.
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