How To Install wminput on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install wminput on Debian 11. wminput is Userspace driver for the wiimote

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wminput on Debian 11.

What is wminput

wminput is:

CWiid is a working userspace driver along with various applications implementing event drivers, multiple wiimote connectivity, gesture recognition, and other Wiimote-based functionality.

This package provides an event driver for the wiimote, supporting all buttons (except Power) and pointer tracking, and featuring a tracking algorithm plugin architecture.

There are three methods to install wminput on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wminput Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wminput using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wminput

Install wminput Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wminput using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wminput

Install wminput 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 wminput using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wminput

How To Uninstall wminput on Debian 11

To uninstall only the wminput package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wminput

Uninstall wminput And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wminput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wminput

Remove wminput Configurations and Data

To remove wminput configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wminput

Remove wminput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wminput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wminput

Dependencies

wminput have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wminput package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.