How To Install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics on Debian 9.
What is xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics is:
This package provides an input driver for the X.Org X server to enable advanced features of the Synaptics Touchpad including:
- Movement with adjustable, non-linear acceleration and speed
- Button events through short touching of the touchpad
- Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad
- Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the touchpad
- Middle and right button events on the upper and lower corner of the touchpad
- Vertical scrolling (button four and five events) through moving the finger on the right side of the touchpad
- The up/down button sends button four/five events
- Horizontal scrolling (button six and seven events) through moving the finger on the lower side of the touchpad
- The multi-buttons send button four/five events, and six/seven events for horizontal scrolling
- Adjustable finger detection
- Multifinger taps: two finger for middle button and three finger for right button events. (Needs hardware support. Not all models implement this feature.)
- Run-time configuration using shared memory. This means you can change parameter settings without restarting the X server (see synclient(1)).
- It also provides a daemon to disable touchpad while typing at the keyboard and thus avoid unwanted mouse movements (see syndaemon(1)).
There are three methods to install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 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 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 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 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
How To Uninstall xserver-xorg-input-synaptics on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Uninstall xserver-xorg-input-synaptics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Configurations and Data
To remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Dependencies
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.