Crunchbang Linux: Enabling Tap-to-click For Synaptic Touchpads

I recently installed Crunchbang Linux on an old laptop, and realized that the tap-to-click on the touchpad wasn't working properly.

It is quick and easy to enable this option. First, we want to copy some files before we edit them or the system will likely end up writing over any changes in a future update. So, open the command line and enter:

cd /usr/share/X11/

Now, enter:

sudo cp xorg.conf.d/ /etc/X11/ -R
cd /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

sudo nano 50-synaptics.conf

Now, in the part of the file that looks like this:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"

we want to add Option "TapButton1" "1"

like this:

# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
#   Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Option "TapButton1" "1"

# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:

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To exit nano, just hit control-x and then type y and hit enter.

Now all that is left to do is restart the X11 system. You can just log out and log back in to restart it (or control-alt-backspace, not sure if that works on this distro).

Have fun breathing new life into your old computers with Crunchbang Linux!