How To Install mousetweaks on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mousetweaks on CentOS 7. mousetweaks is Mouse accessibility support for the GNOME desktop

Introduction

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

What is mousetweaks

The Mousetweaks package provides mouse accessibility enhancements for the GNOME desktop, such as performing various clicks without using any hardware button. The options can be accessed through the Accessibility tab of the Mouse Preferences of GNOME Control Center or through command-line.

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

Install mousetweaks on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install mousetweaks

Install mousetweaks 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 mousetweaks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mousetweaks

How To Uninstall mousetweaks on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mousetweaks

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Summary

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