How to Install and Uninstall mousetweaks Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mousetweaks" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mousetweaks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mousetweaks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mousetweaks
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mousetweaks package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mousetweaks
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 296
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Josselin Mouette
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.12.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxfixes3, libxtst6, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, gsettings-desktop-schemas (>= 0.1.0)
Filename: pool/main/m/mousetweaks/mousetweaks_3.12.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 37078
MD5sum: 897bd15f84e451eeb11af396783d9753
SHA1: f09e5c11d69a488af71282b607facfda4f69823d
SHA256: e71576060a468c4a8dec6a502ea3d3961c378428111cb93e86aad1a7d6dbbd35
Description-en: mouse accessibility enhancements for the GNOME desktop
This package contains a daemon and some panel applets to improve mouse
usability on the GNOME desktop. These enhancements are:
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* The possibility to click without a button
* The ability to bring the context menu with a one-button mouse
(like MacOS does)
* An area to capture the mouse pointer until it is released with a
pre-defined key combination.
Description-md5: bf106bf9a496b3c2b24861987fa521ff
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Mousetweaks/Home
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop