Actually I patched the debian package because Ubuntu 13.10/Mint 16 had
old evdev/synaptics versions. If you are on Trusty, then you can patch
the ubuntu packages instead (even though they appear to be identical).
Repalce the git clone lines with
apt-get source xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg
Solved the problem with the following script. Requires source
repositories enabled:
Ubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/158871/how-do-i-enable-the-source-code-repositories
Mint: menu->software sources->Enable source code repositories
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get build-dep
EDIT: For the script to work you need to have the build dependencies of
xserver-xorg-input-evdev and xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. To install
them, first enable source repositories
(Ubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/158871/how-do-i-enable-the-source-code-repositories
Mint: menu->software sou
EDIT: the above script is run in the folder
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Solved the problem by the following procedures:
1) Download and extract the arch package
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf/xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint/xf86-input-evdev-trackpoint.tar.gz
2) Download the source packages of xserver-xorg-input-synaptics_1.7.4 and
xserver-xorg-input-evdev_2.8.2 fr
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