How To Install touchegg on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install touchegg on Ubuntu.

What is `touchegg`

touchegg is:

Touchégg is a cross-platform multitouch gesture recognizer that allows associating actions to each gesture.

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

Install touchegg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install touchegg

Install touchegg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install touchegg

Install touchegg 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 touchegg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install touchegg

How To Uninstall touchegg on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove touchegg

Uninstall touchegg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove touchegg

Remove touchegg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge touchegg

Remove touchegg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge touchegg

Dependencies

touchegg have the following dependencies:

References

touchegg website

Summary

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