How do I install gpointing-device? [duplicate]

I would like to install the gpointing-device-settings package which I found on the Launchpad website

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...

2 Answers

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 .

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: