How to Install and Uninstall xinput Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "xinput" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xinput on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xinput
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xinput" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xinput on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xinput
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xinput package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xinput
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 82
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/main/x/xinput/xinput_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 27776
MD5sum: f8b706ec060467ffe18357e39b2173a2
SHA1: 3530c38e28c1cb3dbd3718be838fc4d905ee9623
SHA256: 72462c219594ac9a38ac84f7a3ae5f1c276531a87330744385be4ed220b293f0
SHA512: 7b2fcd33a5ac167cced3285ab71bb08a2e849733d1ad8827f78d4df6c9a196911cfe5f1416402c2893a473b6055e3a7489e180867bdf80482f4b533c09ab97bc
Description-en: Runtime configuration and test of XInput devices
Xinput is an utility for configuring and testing XInput
devices.
Description-md5: 430b05bbc8c851147aaa5b8f95166a9a
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop