How to ENABLE paste in terminal with (middle) mouse button

enter image description hereIMO easiest method is to install gpointing-device-settings

sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

You then 'use wheel emulation'

gpointing-device-settings looks as in image.

try this it may help you out.


This is for future me mostly.

cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS \n \l
  1. Run gnome-tweak-tool
  2. Keyboard and mouse
  3. Middle-click Paste => ON

Gnome tweak tool on keyboard/mouse tab


In Ubuntu 14.04 (and using xfce), this worked for me:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled true

because gpointing-device-settings was causing segfaults for me.