How To Install xinput-calibrator 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 xinput-calibrator on Ubuntu.
What is xinput-calibrator
xinput-calibrator is:
xinput-calibrator is a tool to calibrate touchscreens under X.Org. Its features include:
- work for any Xorg driver (use Xinput to get axis valuators);
- output the calibration as Xorg.conf, HAL policy and udev rule;
- support advanced driver options, such as Evdev’s dynamic calibration;
- have a very intuitive GUI (normal X client);
There are three methods to install xinput-calibrator 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 xinput-calibrator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xinput-calibrator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xinput-calibrator
Install xinput-calibrator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xinput-calibrator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xinput-calibrator
Install xinput-calibrator 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 xinput-calibrator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xinput-calibrator
How To Uninstall xinput-calibrator on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xinput-calibrator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xinput-calibrator
Uninstall xinput-calibrator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xinput-calibrator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xinput-calibrator
Remove xinput-calibrator Configurations and Data
To remove xinput-calibrator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xinput-calibrator
Remove xinput-calibrator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xinput-calibrator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xinput-calibrator
Dependencies
xinput-calibrator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xinput-calibrator package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.