How do I install gpointing-device?

Question

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...

Solution

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 .

Comments

[SimplySimon]

unfortunatly,[code]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gpointing-device-settings Cannot access PPA (launchpad.net/api/1.0/~gpointing-device-settings/+archive/p‌​pa) to get PPA information, please check your internet connection.[/code] The internet connection is working as I am posting this through it. Thanks for that suggestion, any other ideas?

[SimplySimon]

I can download the file from launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gpointing-device-setting‌​s but as a Unix neweb I have no idea how to install it.

[mx7]

to install a .deb file just type sudo dpkg -i herefilename.deb

[SimplySimon]

After searching the unpacked files, I can not find a .deb file

[mx7]

Hey you no need to add PPA even , just open your terminal and type as sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings . That will do the job.

[mx7]

@SimplySimon did you have libgpds-dbg and gsynaptics installed.

[Léo Léopold Hertz 준영]

I cannot get this working in Debian 8.1, although it should work.

[mx7]

Let see any libs are missing , try to launch gsynaptics from terminal , are you getting any errors ?

[mx7]

Try to do apt-cache search string name after adding that PPA. in any case if installation package name modified then you will find it.

[AlikElzin-kilaka]

Found a way to install it here: askubuntu.com/a/783234/13330

[mx7]

Glad you found it