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I would like to install the gpointing-device-settings package which I found on the Launchpad website https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpointing-device-settings

I tried:

apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

but I get the following reply:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

I also tried

add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings

and got

Error: must run as priviledged user

Can anyone point me in the right direction please as I seem to have got my brain into a loop...

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as it saying you need to do the procedure as root user. simple add sudo. In Ubuntu to install anything you must be a root user.

I mean 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

then you will have it installed .

Raja G
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There is a rather undocumented command in the Synaptics touch pad driver:

synclient TouchpadOff=0/1.

Set it to '1' to disable the touch pad. To make it persistent, add a startup program with this command (in Ubuntu or Debian). Neat, isn't it?There is a rather undocumented command in the Synaptics touch pad driver:

synclient TouchpadOff=0/1.

Set it to '1' to disable the touch pad. To make it persistent, add a startup program with this command (in Ubuntu or Debian). Neat, isn't it?

credits:firdavis on url :-http://xmodulo.com/how-to-disable-touchpad-on-debian-ubuntu-desktop.html

Ravexina
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