README.md

mac-gestures

1. Clone xSwipe

git clone [email protected]:arunhedcet/mac-gestures.git

2. Install X11::GUITest

To install libx11-guitest-perl from synaptic package manager Or run the script on the terminal run as

$ sudo apt-get install libx11-guitest-perl

Install smart-comments perl module

git clone [email protected]:gitpan/Smart-Comments.git
cd Smart-Comments
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
sudo make install

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NOTE: If using Ubuntu14.04, or later

Install older version synaptics driver that is compatible with xSwipe.

sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libevdev-dev autoconf automake libmtdev-dev xorg-dev xutils-dev libtool
sudo apt-get remove -y xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
git clone https://github.com/Chosko/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.git
cd xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
./autogen.sh
./configure --exec_prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

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3. Enable SHMConfig

Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf with your favorite text editor and edit it to enable SHMConfig

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

NOTE:You will need to create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory and create 50-synaptics.conf if it doesn't exist yet.

`sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/`

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "Protocol" "event"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

To reflect SHMConfig, restart your session.

copy gestures.sh to /etc/profile.d

sudo cp gestures.sh /etc/profile.d/

Thanks to iberianpig for the xSwipe module