How to Install and Uninstall autocutsel Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "autocutsel" package

Please follow the instructions below to install autocutsel on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                autocutsel
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "autocutsel" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall autocutsel on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                autocutsel
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autocutsel package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package autocutsel:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : autocutsel
Version : 0.10.1-1.11
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 66.8 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : autocutsel-0.10.1-1.11.src
Upstream URL : https://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/
Summary : Clipboard / Cutbuffer management helper
Description :
X servers use two schemes to copy text between applications. The first one
(old and deprecated) is the cutbuffer. The other scheme is the selection.
Recent desktop applications (GNOME, KDE, ...) use two selections: the
PRIMARY and the CLIPBOARD. The PRIMARY selection is used when you select
some text with the mouse. You usually paste it using the middle button. The
CLIPBOARD selection is used when you copy text by using, for example,
the Edit/Copy menu. You may paste it using the Edit/Paste menu.
Windows VNC clients keep the Windows clipboard synchronized with the
cutbuffer, but not with the selections. And since recent applications
don't use the cutbuffer, the server's CLIPBOARD is never synchronized
with Windows' one.
Autocutsel tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD
selection. When the CLIPBOARD is changed, it updates the cutbuffer. When
the cutbuffer is changed, it owns the CLIPBOARD selection. The cutbuffer
and CLIPBOARD selection are always synchronized. Since the VNC client
synchronizes the Windows' clipboard and the server's cutbuffer, all
three "clipboards" are always kept synchronized.