Install utouch on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install utouch

Learn how to install utouch with the command sudo apt-get install utouch on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of utouch:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: utouch

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install utouch

Package Details

Package:utouch
Version:1.2
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:
Description:Metapackage to install gesture libraries and tools This metapackage provides a development environment for building gesture aware applications. It installs mtdev, utouch-grail, and utouch-geis, and their related development headers and test tools.
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/devel

How to install utouch on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install utouch on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install utouch

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If utouch is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L utouch' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L utouch
Package `utouch' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing utouch:

After system update use the following command to install utouch:

sudo apt-get install utouch

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove utouch from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the utouch from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the utouch following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  utouch

Following command is used to remove the utouch package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove utouch

This will remove utouch and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing utouch with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge utouch

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove utouch

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with utouch package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.