How To Install ginn on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginn on Ubuntu 22.04. ginn is Gesture Injector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginn on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ginn

ginn is:

A daemon with jinn-like wish-granting capabilities: it gives applications the ability to support a subset of multi-touch gestures without having to integrate GEIS or multi-touch GTK/Qt libs.

There are three methods to install ginn on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ginn Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ginn

Install ginn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ginn

Install ginn 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 ginn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ginn

How To Uninstall ginn on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ginn

Uninstall ginn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ginn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ginn

Remove ginn Configurations and Data

To remove ginn configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ginn

Remove ginn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ginn

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginn package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.