On peut trouver libinput-gestures sur github.

Il faut être dans le groupe “input” pour que cela fonctionne :

$ sudo gpasswd -a $USER input
Adding user simon to group input

Il faut fermer sa session et la ré-ouvrir pour que l'ajout dans le groupe soit pris en compte.

$ sudo apt install xdotool wmctrl libinput-tools 
 
$ cd github/
 
$ git clone http://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
Clonage dans 'libinput-gestures'...
warning: redirection vers https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures/
remote: Counting objects: 522, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (33/33), done.
remote: Total 522 (delta 21), reused 30 (delta 9), pack-reused 474
Réception d'objets: 100% (522/522), 157.51 KiB | 786.00 KiB/s, fait.
Résolution des deltas: 100% (330/330), fait.
 
$ cd libinput-gestures/
 
$ sudo ./libinput-gestures-setup install
'libinput-gestures-setup' -> '/usr/bin/libinput-gestures-setup'
'libinput-gestures' -> '/usr/bin/libinput-gestures'
'libinput-gestures.desktop' -> '/usr/share/applications/libinput-gestures.desktop'
'libinput-gestures.png' -> '/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/libinput-gestures.png'
'libinput-gestures.conf' -> '/etc/libinput-gestures.conf'
install: création du répertoire '/usr/share/doc/libinput-gestures'
'README.md' -> '/usr/share/doc/libinput-gestures/README.md'
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
 
$ libinput-gestures-setup start
libinput-gestures started.
 
Failed to open /dev/input/event7 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event11 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event5 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event6 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event1 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event2 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event8 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event12 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event13 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event14 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event15 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event16 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event17 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event18 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event19 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event0 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event3 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event4 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event9 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event10 (Permission denied)
Can not see any devices, did you add yourself to the input group and log out/in?
Could not determine touchpad device.

$ libinput-gestures-setup start
libinput-gestures started.
 
Failed to open /dev/input/event7 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event11 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event5 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event6 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event1 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event2 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event8 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event12 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event13 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event14 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event15 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event16 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event17 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event18 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event19 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event0 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event3 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event4 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event9 (Permission denied)
Failed to open /dev/input/event10 (Permission denied)
Can not see any devices, did you add yourself to the input group and log out/in?
Could not determine touchpad device.

Solution:

• Ajouter son utisateur dans le groupe input :

<code bash>
$ sudo gpasswd -a $USER input
Adding user simon to group input

• Redémarrer sa session utilisateur