How To Install iio-sensor-proxy on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install iio-sensor-proxy on Rocky Linux 8. iio-sensor-proxy is IIO accelerometer sensor to input device proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iio-sensor-proxy on Rocky Linux 8.

What is iio-sensor-proxy

IIO accelerometer sensor to input device proxy.

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

Install iio-sensor-proxy 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 iio-sensor-proxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iio-sensor-proxy

Install iio-sensor-proxy 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 iio-sensor-proxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iio-sensor-proxy

How To Uninstall iio-sensor-proxy on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the iio-sensor-proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove iio-sensor-proxy

iio-sensor-proxy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/net.hadess.SensorProxy.conf
/usr/bin/monitor-sensor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/9bbefda3939a8f38b8a51579389997d6690245
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/46e7f2072fdb9dcbba952084dfd85989526582
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iio-sensor-proxy.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-iio-sensor-proxy.rules
/usr/sbin/iio-sensor-proxy
/usr/share/doc/iio-sensor-proxy
/usr/share/doc/iio-sensor-proxy/README
/usr/share/licenses/iio-sensor-proxy
/usr/share/licenses/iio-sensor-proxy/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iio-sensor-proxy on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.