How To Install big-cursor on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install big-cursor on Ubuntu 18.04. big-cursor is larger mouse cursors for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install big-cursor on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is big-cursor

big-cursor is:

This package provides some large mouse cursors for use under X. It’s useful for laptop users, for those running X at very high resolutions, and for anyone who finds it hard to see the default mouse cursors.

There are three methods to install big-cursor on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install big-cursor Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install big-cursor

Install big-cursor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install big-cursor

Install big-cursor 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install big-cursor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install big-cursor

How To Uninstall big-cursor on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the big-cursor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove big-cursor

Uninstall big-cursor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall big-cursor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove big-cursor

Remove big-cursor Configurations and Data

To remove big-cursor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge big-cursor

Remove big-cursor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge big-cursor

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install big-cursor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.