How To Install mouseemu on Debian 10

Learn how to install mouseemu on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mouseemu is Emulate mouse buttons and mouse wheel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mouseemu on Debian 10.

What is mouseemu

mouseemu is:

Mouseemu is a daemon to emulate mouse buttons on trackpads with only one button. It lets you:

  • emulate middle and right click
  • emulate mouse wheel
  • block trackpad while typing

It was initially developed for Apple PowerBooks and iBooks, but it may be useful on other architectures as well.

This program only works when booting a 2.6 kernel because it uses the new uinput interface to emulate the mouse.

There are three methods to install mouseemu on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mouseemu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mouseemu

Install mouseemu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mouseemu

Install mouseemu 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 mouseemu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mouseemu

How To Uninstall mouseemu on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove mouseemu

Uninstall mouseemu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mouseemu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mouseemu

Remove mouseemu Configurations and Data

To remove mouseemu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mouseemu

Remove mouseemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mouseemu

Dependencies

mouseemu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mouseemu package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.