How To Install libratbag-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install libratbag-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libratbag-tools is configuration tools for gaming mice (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libratbag-tools on Debian 12.

What is libratbag-tools

libratbag-tools is:

This package used to provide lur-command and ratbag-command. lur-command is now packaged in its own package, and ratbag-command has been replaced by ratbagd’s ratbagctl.

This package can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install libratbag-tools on Debian 12. 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-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 libratbag-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libratbag-tools

Install libratbag-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libratbag-tools

Install libratbag-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libratbag-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libratbag-tools

How To Uninstall libratbag-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libratbag-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libratbag-tools

Uninstall libratbag-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libratbag-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libratbag-tools

Remove libratbag-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libratbag-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libratbag-tools

Remove libratbag-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libratbag-tools

Dependencies

libratbag-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libratbag-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.