How To Install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7. kcm_touchpad is Synaptics driver based touchpads kcontrol module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7.

What is kcm_touchpad

A KDE System Settings module to to configure synaptics based touchpads.

We can use yum or dnf to install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kcm_touchpad.

Install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kcm_touchpad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kcm_touchpad

Install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kcm_touchpad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kcm_touchpad

How To Uninstall kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove kcm_touchpad

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcm_touchpad on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.