How To Install libratbag-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libratbag-common
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libratbag-common
libratbag-common is:
libratbag is a configuration library for gaming mice. It provides a generic way to access the various features exposed by these mice and abstracts away hardware-specific and kernel-specific quirks.
It currently supports some Etekcity and Roccat mice, and most Logitech mice (both gaming and generic mice).
This package contains libratbag’s udev rules and mouse images.
There are three methods to install libratbag-common
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 libratbag-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libratbag-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libratbag-common
Install libratbag-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libratbag-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libratbag-common
Install libratbag-common 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 libratbag-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libratbag-common
How To Uninstall libratbag-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libratbag-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libratbag-common
Uninstall libratbag-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libratbag-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libratbag-common
Remove libratbag-common Configurations and Data
To remove libratbag-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libratbag-common
Remove libratbag-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libratbag-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libratbag-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libratbag-common
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.