How To Install wmgui on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmgui on Debian 9. wmgui is GUI interface to the wiimote

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmgui on Debian 9.

What is wmgui

wmgui is:

CWiid is a working userspace driver along with various applications implementing event drivers, multiple wiimote connectivity, gesture recognition, and other Wiimote-based functionality.

This package provides the GUI to test and display the wiimote data.

There are three methods to install wmgui 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 wmgui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmgui

Install wmgui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wmgui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wmgui

Install wmgui 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 wmgui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmgui

How To Uninstall wmgui on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove wmgui

Uninstall wmgui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmgui

Remove wmgui Configurations and Data

To remove wmgui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmgui

Remove wmgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmgui

Dependencies

wmgui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmgui package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.