Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install big-cursor on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is big-cursor
big-cursor is:
This package provides some large mouse cursors for use under X. It’s useful
for laptop users, for those running X at very high resolutions, and for
anyone who finds it hard to see the default mouse cursors.
There are three methods to install big-cursor on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install big-cursor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install big-cursor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install big-cursor
Install big-cursor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install big-cursor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install big-cursor
Install big-cursor Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install big-cursor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install big-cursor
How To Uninstall big-cursor on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the big-cursor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove big-cursor
Uninstall big-cursor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall big-cursor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove big-cursor
Remove big-cursor Configurations and Data
To remove big-cursor configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge big-cursor
Remove big-cursor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove big-cursor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge big-cursor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install big-cursor package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
