How To Install wminput on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wminput on Debian 12.
What is wminput
wminput 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 an event driver for the wiimote, supporting all buttons (except Power) and pointer tracking, and featuring a tracking algorithm plugin architecture.
There are three methods to install wminput 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 wminput Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wminput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wminput
Install wminput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wminput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wminput
Install wminput 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 wminput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wminput
How To Uninstall wminput on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wminput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wminput
Uninstall wminput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wminput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wminput
Remove wminput Configurations and Data
To remove wminput configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wminput
Remove wminput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wminput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wminput
Dependencies
wminput have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wminput package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
