How To Install mir-platform-input-evdev8 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mir-platform-input-evdev8
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mir-platform-input-evdev8
mir-platform-input-evdev8 is:
Mir is a display server running on linux systems, with a focus on efficiency, robust operation and a well-defined driver model.
Contains the shared libraries required for the Mir server to interact with the input hardware using the evdev interface.
There are three methods to install mir-platform-input-evdev8
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 mir-platform-input-evdev8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mir-platform-input-evdev8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mir-platform-input-evdev8
Install mir-platform-input-evdev8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mir-platform-input-evdev8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mir-platform-input-evdev8
Install mir-platform-input-evdev8 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 mir-platform-input-evdev8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mir-platform-input-evdev8
How To Uninstall mir-platform-input-evdev8 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mir-platform-input-evdev8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mir-platform-input-evdev8
Uninstall mir-platform-input-evdev8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mir-platform-input-evdev8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mir-platform-input-evdev8
Remove mir-platform-input-evdev8 Configurations and Data
To remove mir-platform-input-evdev8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mir-platform-input-evdev8
Remove mir-platform-input-evdev8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mir-platform-input-evdev8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mir-platform-input-evdev8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mir-platform-input-evdev8
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.