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title: Install ksuperkey on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ksuperkey for Linux - Map 'Super' key to 'Alt+F1'
  (application launcher in many DEs)
url: https://snapcraft.io/ksuperkey
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# ksuperkey

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* [Hasan Ammar (hasanammar)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/hasanammar "View all snaps from Hasan Ammar (hasanammar)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable git-20191203

Install latest/stable of ksuperkey

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ksuperkey
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* ksuperkey

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 3 December 2019 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey](https://github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey "https://github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey")

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### Contact

* [me@hasanammar.com](mailto:me@hasanammar.com "mailto:me@hasanammar.com")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/ksuperkey#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/ksuperkey#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/ksuperkey#tab-security)

#### Map 'Super' key to 'Alt+F1' (application launcher in many DEs)

ksuperkey allows you to open the application launcher in various DEs (such as KDE Plasma or XFCE) using the Super key (also known as "Meta" or "the Windows key"). If you hold down the Super key it will still act as a modifier key, allowing you to use it for other keyboard shortcuts. ksuperkey is a small desktop-agnostic application that runs in the background as a daemon. It was forked from xcape by Albin Olsson: <https://github.com/alols/xcape>

**Usage**

```
ksuperkey [-d] [-t timeout-ms] [-e map-expression]
```

* -d Debug mode. Does not fork into the background.
* -t <timeout ms>. If you hold a key longer than this timeout, ksuperkey will not generate a key event. Default is 500 ms.
* -e <map-expression>. The expression has the grammar 'ModKey=Key[|OtherKey][;NextExpression]'

Further documentation at: <https://github.com/hanschen/ksuperkey>

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## Install ksuperkey on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ksuperkey/ubuntu)