How To Install touchegg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install touchegg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is touchegg
touchegg is:
Touchégg is a cross-platform multitouch gesture recognizer that allows associating actions to each gesture.
There are three methods to install touchegg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install touchegg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install touchegg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install touchegg
Install touchegg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install touchegg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install touchegg
Install touchegg 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install touchegg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install touchegg
How To Uninstall touchegg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the touchegg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove touchegg
Uninstall touchegg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall touchegg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove touchegg
Remove touchegg Configurations and Data
To remove touchegg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge touchegg
Remove touchegg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove touchegg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge touchegg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install touchegg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
