How To Install libwacom on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom on Rocky Linux 8. libwacom is Tablet Information Client Library

Introduction

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

What is libwacom

libwacom is a library that provides information about Wacom tablets and tools. This information can then be used by drivers or applications to tweak the UI or general settings to match the physical tablet.

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

Install libwacom 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 libwacom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwacom

Install libwacom 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 libwacom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwacom

How To Uninstall libwacom on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwacom

libwacom Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/9f0074e35cd84bf51eb08f2a592f09258c149c
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/261a09e92e1191f3c01665ed40dc9bd7b85a81
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/4c6d9553ecb26f9883c4b0c6384c7ff9d6eef4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/be1a30c8fff9dce35769b0540d1e93c474ef00
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz

References

Summary

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