How To Install lxinput on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxinput on Debian 9.
What is lxinput
lxinput is:
LXInput is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It configures keyboard and mouse settings:
- Delay and Interval for character repeat
- Enable/Disable beeps of keyboard input error
- Swap left and right mouse buttons
- Mouse acceleration and sensitivity
There are three methods to install lxinput on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxinput Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxinput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxinput
Install lxinput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxinput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxinput
Install lxinput Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lxinput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxinput
How To Uninstall lxinput on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lxinput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxinput
Uninstall lxinput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxinput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxinput
Remove lxinput Configurations and Data
To remove lxinput configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxinput
Remove lxinput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxinput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxinput
Dependencies
lxinput have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxinput package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
