How To Install mdetect on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdetect on Debian 9.
What is mdetect
mdetect is:
mdetect is a tool for autoconfiguring mice; it is typically used as the backend to some user-friendly frontend code. mdetect writes the autodetected mouse device and protocol (as used by gpm) to standard output. It can be invoked so as to produce output appropriate for XFree86 X server configuration files.
There are three methods to install mdetect on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mdetect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mdetect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdetect
Install mdetect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdetect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdetect
Install mdetect 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 mdetect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdetect
How To Uninstall mdetect on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mdetect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdetect
Uninstall mdetect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdetect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdetect
Remove mdetect Configurations and Data
To remove mdetect configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdetect
Remove mdetect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdetect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdetect
Dependencies
mdetect have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdetect package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.