How To Install libwacom-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-bin
on Debian 9.
What is libwacom-bin
libwacom-bin is:
libwacom is a library to identify wacom tablets and their model-specific features. It provides easy access to information such as “is this a built-in on-screen tablet”, “what is the size of this model”, etc.
This package contains the utilities which are used by the libraries.
There are three methods to install libwacom-bin
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwacom-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwacom-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwacom-bin
Install libwacom-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwacom-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwacom-bin
Install libwacom-bin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwacom-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwacom-bin
How To Uninstall libwacom-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwacom-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwacom-bin
Uninstall libwacom-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwacom-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwacom-bin
Remove libwacom-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libwacom-bin
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwacom-bin
Remove libwacom-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwacom-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwacom-bin
Dependencies
libwacom-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-bin
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.