How To Install libuInputPlus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuInputPlus on Rocky Linux 8. libuInputPlus is A C++ wrapper around libuinput

Introduction

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

What is libuInputPlus

A c++ wrapper around libuinput (required for ydotool).

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

Install libuInputPlus 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 libuInputPlus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libuInputPlus

Install libuInputPlus 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 libuInputPlus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuInputPlus

How To Uninstall libuInputPlus on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libuInputPlus

libuInputPlus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/bd290bbca90b074deccf1fb084e6942831b1d3
/usr/lib64/libuInputPlus.so.0
/usr/lib64/libuInputPlus.so.0.1.4
/usr/share/doc/libuInputPlus
/usr/share/doc/libuInputPlus/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libuInputPlus
/usr/share/licenses/libuInputPlus/LICENSE

References

Summary

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