Although I mostly have no use for a mouse in the console, and I go there to get away from the GUI, I would like to know if there is some sort of mouse that one can get in there? So is there like any software which will give me a mouse in there so that I can select text etc? I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18.
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GPM is just the application you are looking for! It stands for "General Purpose Mouse":
This package provides a daemon that captures mouse events when the system
console is active, and delivers events to applications through a library.
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By default, the daemon provides a 'selection' mode, so that
cut-and-paste with the mouse works on the console just as it does
under X.
And can be installed by running:
sudo apt-get install gpm
Screenshot:
FYI: I have put a red box around the mouse just to make it obvious where and what it is. I have also selected some text above just to show that this can be done.
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You may need to start the service manually after installation. This was necessary on Ubuntu 18.04. – Kingsley Oct 30 '18 at 04:45