How To Install libwacom9 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom9
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwacom9
libwacom9 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.
There are three methods to install libwacom9
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwacom9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwacom9
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwacom9
Install libwacom9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwacom9
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwacom9
Install libwacom9 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 libwacom9
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwacom9
How To Uninstall libwacom9 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwacom9
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwacom9
Uninstall libwacom9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwacom9
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwacom9
Remove libwacom9 Configurations and Data
To remove libwacom9
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwacom9
Remove libwacom9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwacom9
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwacom9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom9
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.