How to Install and Uninstall xbanish Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "xbanish" package

This is a short guide on how to install xbanish on openSuSE Tumbleweed


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xbanish on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


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

Information for package xbanish:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : xbanish
Version : 1.8-1.9
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 25.5 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : xbanish-1.8-1.9.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/jcs/xbanish
Summary : Program to hide the mouse cursor when typing
Description :
xbanish hides the mouse cursor when you start typing, and shows it again when
the mouse cursor moves or a mouse button is pressed. This is similar to
xterm's pointerMode setting, but xbanish works globally in the X11 session.
unclutter's -keystroke mode is supposed to do this, but it's broken[0]. I
looked into fixing it, but the unclutter source code is terrible, so I wrote
xbanish in a few hours.
The name comes from ratpoison's "banish" command that sends the cursor to the
corner of the screen.