How To Install mousetweaks on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mousetweaks on Debian 11.
What is mousetweaks
mousetweaks is:
This package contains a daemon and some panel applets to improve mouse usability on the GNOME desktop. These enhancements are:
- The possibility to click without a button
- The ability to bring the context menu with a one-button mouse (like MacOS does)
- An area to capture the mouse pointer until it is released with a pre-defined key combination.
There are three methods to install mousetweaks 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 mousetweaks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mousetweaks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mousetweaks
Install mousetweaks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mousetweaks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mousetweaks
Install mousetweaks 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 mousetweaks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mousetweaks
How To Uninstall mousetweaks on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mousetweaks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mousetweaks
Uninstall mousetweaks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mousetweaks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mousetweaks
Remove mousetweaks Configurations and Data
To remove mousetweaks configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mousetweaks
Remove mousetweaks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mousetweaks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mousetweaks
Dependencies
mousetweaks have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- libxcursor1
- libxfixes3
- libxtst6
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- gsettings-desktop-schemas
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mousetweaks package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
