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I would like to install the gpointing-device-settings package which I found on the Launchpad website https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointing-device-settings

I tried:

apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

but I get the following reply:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

I also tried

add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings

and got

Error: must run as priviledged user

Can anyone point me in the right direction please as I seem to have got my brain into a loop...

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as it saying you need to do the procedure as root user. simple add sudo. In Ubuntu to install anything you must be a root user.

I mean 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

then you will have it installed .

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  • unfortunatly,[code]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~gpointing-device-settings/+archive/ppa) to get PPA information, please check your internet connection.[/code] The internet connection is working as I am posting this through it. Thanks for that suggestion, any other ideas? – Simon May 13 '13 at 19:42
  • I can download the file from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gpointing-device-settings but as a Unix neweb I have no idea how to install it. – Simon May 13 '13 at 19:50
  • to install a .deb file just type sudo dpkg -i herefilename.deb – Raja G May 14 '13 at 00:22
  • After searching the unpacked files, I can not find a .deb file – Simon May 14 '13 at 02:31
  • Hey you no need to add PPA even , just open your terminal and type as sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings . That will do the job. – Raja G May 14 '13 at 04:44
  • Jai, you are brilliant. Thank you so much. Unfortunately, the options on mouse and touchpad stayed the same :( – Simon May 14 '13 at 05:48
  • @SimplySimon did you have libgpds-dbg and gsynapticsinstalled. – Raja G May 14 '13 at 06:12
  • I cannot get this working in Debian 8.1, although it should work. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Oct 13 '15 at 22:00
  • Let see any libs are missing , try to launch gsynaptics from terminal , are you getting any errors ? – Raja G Oct 14 '15 at 01:38
  • Getting the error: Package gpointing-device-settings is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source. – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 21 '16 at 15:25
  • Try to do apt-cache search string name after adding that PPA. in any case if installation package name modified then you will find it. – Raja G Jul 21 '16 at 15:36
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    Found a way to install it here: http://askubuntu.com/a/783234/13330 – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 21 '16 at 16:07
  • Glad you found it – Raja G Jul 21 '16 at 16:07
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There is a rather undocumented command in the Synaptics touch pad driver:

synclient TouchpadOff=0/1.

Set it to '1' to disable the touch pad. To make it persistent, add a startup program with this command (in Ubuntu or Debian). Neat, isn't it?There is a rather undocumented command in the Synaptics touch pad driver:

synclient TouchpadOff=0/1.

Set it to '1' to disable the touch pad. To make it persistent, add a startup program with this command (in Ubuntu or Debian). Neat, isn't it?

credits:firdavis on url :-http://xmodulo.com/how-to-disable-touchpad-on-debian-ubuntu-desktop.html

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