How To Install libwacom-bin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. libwacom-bin is Wacom model feature query library – binaries Wacom model feature query library – binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.

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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libwacom-bin Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libwacom Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Timo Aaltonen [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 29 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libwacom2 (>= 1.1) Filename: pool/main/libw/libwacom/libwacom-bin_1.3-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 5484 MD5sum: d5f43de8691398242763d7241293dc08 SHA1: bb0ac5a8a0acf648102e52dab3e3eae6e160b9a7 SHA256: b6e4a03d6660da25a099ada3f602083f1938961c39c7274e0ab139e195e25567 Description-en: Wacom model feature query library – binaries 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.

There are three methods to install libwacom-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.