How To Install libinput-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libinput-utils is Utilities and tools for debugging libinput

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libinput-utils

The libinput-utils package contains tools to debug hardware and analyze libinput.

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

Install libinput-utils 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 libinput-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libinput-utils

Install libinput-utils 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 libinput-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libinput-utils

How To Uninstall libinput-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libinput-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libinput-utils

libinput-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/a954a756d6a102c8d9e4f66cf3f50d6f4d0ac3
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/a854feb0a54843e179ed677d45cca05996f3ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/acf82c19e19cffa8422aeb647d57cb09797d4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/a8701cff7c3a2a587e4d1989b3e6bc49bbb2e2
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-debug-tablet
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-measure
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-fuzz
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touch-size
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-measure-touchpad-tap
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-quirks
/usr/libexec/libinput/libinput-record
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-debug-tablet.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-measure-fuzz.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-measure-touch-size.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-measure-touchpad-pressure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-measure-touchpad-tap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-measure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-quirks-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-quirks-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-quirks.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libinput-replay.1.gz

References

Summary

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