How to install gestikk on Ubuntu 22.04?

I am very obsessed with mouse gestures, as I am from a Windows background. I have recently switched to Ubuntu 22.04 and I'm loving it, but the fact that I'm not able to run mouse gestures is the only thing that makes me sad. I found somewhere that we can use gestikk and I followed the instructions in this article, but unfortunately it gives me this error while installing:

*Selecting previously unselected package gestikk.
(Reading database ... 242508 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack gestikk_0.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking gestikk (0.6-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gestikk:
 gestikk depends on python (>= 2.5); however:
  Package python is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-gtk2 (>= 2.12); however:
  Package python-gtk2 is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-glade2; however:
  Package python-glade2 is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-notify; however:
  Package python-notify is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-virtkey; however:
  Package python-virtkey is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-kiwi; however:
  Package python-kiwi is not installed.
 gestikk depends on python-pyparsing (>= 1.4.7); however:
  Package python-pyparsing is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package gestikk (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gestikk*

Then I tried running this command:

sudo apt-get -f install

but it removes gestikk and displays the following message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gestikk
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 371 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 242540 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gestikk (0.6-0ubuntu1) ...

How to install gestikk on Ubuntu 22.04?

Disclaimer: Sorry for the bold comparison and bad news in this answer.

The article you link to is from 2008. In IT terms this is mostly equivalent to an archeological dig - i.e. it's very old.

This also matches with the project's Launchpad page, which was last updated in June 2008. So it's safe to say the project is now abandoned.

As a consequence, the application uses Python 2 which was discontinued entirely on January 1, 2020.

Apart from the outdated version of Python, an application this old could very well have other problems as well with unforeseen consequences.

While the article was probably correct (we actually don't know) in 2008, it's safe to say it's not anymore.

So either, the application should be updated to use Python 3, or you should probably look for other options.

Alternatives to gestikk

• Easystroke (Not recommended as it's not maintained)
• Easygesture (Actively maintained fork of easystroke)

I'm not sure if this works 100% as I don't have Ubuntu running at the time of writing this answer.

As Artur Meinild said, Gestikk uses python2 instead of python3. apt removes anything which has outdated libraries while force installing. Unmaintained software is not recommended as it can have security issues.