How To Install libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-utils.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libevdev-utils.x86_64 is Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library Utilities Package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libevdev-utils.x86_64`

Utilities to handle and/or debug evdev devices.

We can use yum to install libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevdev-utils.x86_64.

Install libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libevdev-utils.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libevdev-utils.x86_64

How To Uninstall libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libevdev-utils.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libevdev-utils.x86_64

libevdev-utils.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/libevdev-tweak-device
/usr/bin/mouse-dpi-tool
/usr/bin/touchpad-edge-detector

References

libevdev-utils.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-utils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.