How To Install evemu on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install evemu on Rocky Linux 8. evemu is Event Device Query and Emulation Program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evemu on Rocky Linux 8.

What is evemu

evemu is a simple utility to capture the event stream from input devices and replay that stream on a virtual input device.

We can use yum or dnf to install evemu on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install evemu.

Install evemu on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install evemu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install evemu

Install evemu on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install evemu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install evemu

How To Uninstall evemu on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the evemu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove evemu

evemu Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/evemu-describe
/usr/bin/evemu-device
/usr/bin/evemu-event
/usr/bin/evemu-play
/usr/bin/evemu-record
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/fae4c1f2aefec9cb8faa9e6f4caa75945d555d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/ccb2d48479083722e48daf88bd9957577706a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/ccb2d48479083722e48daf88bd9957577706a6.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/9196fe3d261abb626d34dbb9189a4313988f3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/9196fe3d261abb626d34dbb9189a4313988f3c.1
/usr/share/licenses/evemu
/usr/share/licenses/evemu/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-describe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-event.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-play.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-record.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install evemu on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.