How To Install libwacom-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom-common on Ubuntu 20.04. libwacom-common is Wacom model feature query library (common files) Wacom model feature query library (common files)

Introduction

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

What is `libwacom-common`

libwacom-common 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 common data files for libwacom. 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-common Architecture: all 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: 714 Replaces: libwacom0 (<= 0.2-1) Filename: pool/main/libw/libwacom/libwacom-common_1.3-2ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 44300 MD5sum: 52d6c0f06dea774992e7607051f23ce1 SHA1: 545849424bd28bfb8df7a2676a61234623267fe7 SHA256: 41fb5b9d99e60bb5fdfc434a80681cace95b88931aa48611b0bc0bc8a9551038 Description-en: Wacom model feature query library (common files) 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-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwacom-common

Install libwacom-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwacom-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwacom-common

Install libwacom-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwacom-common

How To Uninstall libwacom-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libwacom-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwacom-common

Uninstall libwacom-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwacom-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwacom-common

Remove libwacom-common Configurations and Data

To remove libwacom-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwacom-common

Remove libwacom-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwacom-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwacom-common

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Summary

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