How To Install logitech-applet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logitech-applet
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is logitech-applet
logitech-applet is:
logitech_applet is a small command line tool for setting the special features that are available on some Logitech mice. It is particularly useful to those who want to switch their mouse to 800cpi instead of the default 400cpi.
There are three methods to install logitech-applet
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 logitech-applet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logitech-applet
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logitech-applet
Install logitech-applet Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logitech-applet
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logitech-applet
Install logitech-applet 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 logitech-applet
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logitech-applet
How To Uninstall logitech-applet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the logitech-applet
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logitech-applet
Uninstall logitech-applet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logitech-applet
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logitech-applet
Remove logitech-applet Configurations and Data
To remove logitech-applet
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logitech-applet
Remove logitech-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logitech-applet
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logitech-applet
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logitech-applet
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.