Is gpointing-device-settings in Ubuntu 16.04?

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I cannot find it in apt-get. It is in 14.04.

Mark Kirby · Answer 1 · 2016-06-05T20:28:05.947

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It is not in the repos for 16.04 but it is available on launchpad

Install from the .deb with

sudo dpkg -i gpointing-device-settings_1.5.1-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb

edited Jun 05 '16 at 20:28

answered Jun 05 '16 at 19:54

Mark Kirby

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Technically, it's not "released". That's just the last available build before the package was deleted: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/amd64/gpointing-device-settings – muru Jun 05 '16 at 20:04
@muru Fair enough, I changed it. – Mark Kirby Jun 05 '16 at 20:10
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Why was it deleted? What's its successor? – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 21 '16 at 15:29
Also, will it work? Perhaps it was deleted because some features don't work. – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 21 '16 at 15:46
Don't know why it go deleted. It should work though, the answer was accepted. @AlikElzin-kilaka – Mark Kirby Jul 21 '16 at 15:49
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The answer was how to install it. The person who installed might not have used it. Linux can be very frustrating sometimes, like why isn't there an explanation for the removal? Perhaps there is but I didn't find one. – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 21 '16 at 15:52
You want to remove it? checkinstall installs it as a .deb, so sudo apt-get purge gpointing-device-settings. @AlikElzin-kilaka – Mark Kirby Jul 21 '16 at 15:54
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I meant, Why was the package removed from the repos? There was not explanation to why it was removed. – AlikElzin-kilaka Jul 22 '16 at 20:53
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That dpkg command didn't work for me until I also manually installed libgpds0 from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/amd64/libgpds0/1.5.1-6ubuntu2 . – rog Aug 24 '16 at 10:48
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All versions https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointing-device-settings – MainActivity Nov 20 '17 at 08:17

Xzu · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-11T20:12:40.657

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Don't install it, it works just the very first time and don't work after reboot gpointing-device-settings lost on reboot

Better use workaround like this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101867/make-mouse-movements-scroll-when-the-middle-button-is-held-down?noredirect=1&lq=1

Use xinput commands, as explain in the response of the link above.

edited Aug 11 '17 at 20:12

answered Aug 10 '17 at 11:44

Xzu

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Can you please summarise the contents of the unix thread? Such that your answer is not only link-only answer. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Aug 10 '17 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 15 '17 at 23:38

Yes it is available. You have to enable the "Universe" repository in your package management settings or by uncommenting the lines for the universe repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

However, it doesn't seem to work well and it crashes constantly.

Click here for more info on how to enable the Universe repository.

Is gpointing-device-settings in Ubuntu 16.04?

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