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How do I install it?

mdoms 5y ago
There are some extremely confusing instructions here (these are the only installation instructions linked anywhere from the main website): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput#Installation https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput#Installation Linux will NEVER be a mainstream desktop platform as long as end users have to answer questions like "am I 'under Wayland'?" or "what does 'under Wayland' mean?" or "why does the alternative to 'under Wayland' seem to be 'for Xorg' (whatever that is)?" or "how do I 'install the xf86-input-libinput package' and why does it have such a weird name?"
- zamadatix 5y ago
  On a normal distro it's just part of the default install, not something you have to even know exists. Arch just doesn't have a "default install", it's "build your own" distro focused on power users that like to control things at that level.
  - mdoms 5y ago
    Literally just read this exchange in this very thread. I wish you "linux is easy" folks could agree on something for once. > > People have been saying this for the last 20 years and I've yet to build a linux workstation that isn't at least 20-30% more time consuming to configure, maintain and tweak than a Mac and sometimes a lot more time than that. > Bootup archlinux image, type in archinstall, make sure to select gnome... It's that easy.
    - zamadatix 5y ago
      Eh, I don't even consider myself in the "Linux is easy" group but I wouldn't pull up the word of a negative karma fresh single comment account that was created after the conversation started as gospel for the validation an entire group of people on HN are inconsistent. It just happens you don't need to do anything special to install this on any traditional distro that ships with a default GUI install option. Regardless of your views on the viability of Linux overall these changes to libinput are really as zero effort as it can get on any OS, just wait for the update to push.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  This looks old, is it the same? It looks like its only for wayland too, uhhh fuck... I didn't know if it was merged already or I need to edit a config, or uhh maybe is it a kernel flag? I love linux, this sounds like normie stuff to the usual user buts its probably very alien to anyone who never used it.
p12tic 5y ago
You need to wait up to a year for the distributions to pick up the code into their default installs. Installing bleeding edge window managers, widget toolkits and similar software yourself is more difficult than it's worth for a normal user.

There are some extremely confusing instructions here (these are the only installation instructions linked anywhere from the main website): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput#Installation https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput#Installation Linux will NEVER be a mainstream desktop platform as long as end users have to answer questions like "am I 'under Wayland'?" or "what does 'under Wayland' mean?" or "why does the alternative to 'under Wayland' seem to be 'for Xorg' (whatever that is)?" or "how do I 'install the xf86-input-libinput package' and why does it have such a weird name?"

zamadatix 5y ago
On a normal distro it's just part of the default install, not something you have to even know exists. Arch just doesn't have a "default install", it's "build your own" distro focused on power users that like to control things at that level.
- mdoms 5y ago
  Literally just read this exchange in this very thread. I wish you "linux is easy" folks could agree on something for once. > > People have been saying this for the last 20 years and I've yet to build a linux workstation that isn't at least 20-30% more time consuming to configure, maintain and tweak than a Mac and sometimes a lot more time than that. > Bootup archlinux image, type in archinstall, make sure to select gnome... It's that easy.
  - zamadatix 5y ago
    Eh, I don't even consider myself in the "Linux is easy" group but I wouldn't pull up the word of a negative karma fresh single comment account that was created after the conversation started as gospel for the validation an entire group of people on HN are inconsistent. It just happens you don't need to do anything special to install this on any traditional distro that ships with a default GUI install option. Regardless of your views on the viability of Linux overall these changes to libinput are really as zero effort as it can get on any OS, just wait for the update to push.
GhettoComputers 5y ago
This looks old, is it the same? It looks like its only for wayland too, uhhh fuck... I didn't know if it was merged already or I need to edit a config, or uhh maybe is it a kernel flag? I love linux, this sounds like normie stuff to the usual user buts its probably very alien to anyone who never used it.

p12tic 5y ago

You need to wait up to a year for the distributions to pick up the code into their default installs. Installing bleeding edge window managers, widget toolkits and similar software yourself is more difficult than it's worth for a normal user.