How To Install geis-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geis-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is geis-tools
geis-tools is:
A common API for clients of a systemwide gesture recognition and propagation engine.
Tools that can be used to verify gesture API behaviour.
There are three methods to install geis-tools 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 geis-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geis-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geis-tools
Install geis-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geis-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geis-tools
Install geis-tools 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 geis-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geis-tools
How To Uninstall geis-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the geis-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geis-tools
Uninstall geis-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geis-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geis-tools
Remove geis-tools Configurations and Data
To remove geis-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geis-tools
Remove geis-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geis-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geis-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geis-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
