How To Install libwacom.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libwacom.x86_64 is Tablet Information Client Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libwacom.x86_64`

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 to install libwacom.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwacom.x86_64.

Install libwacom.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 libwacom.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwacom.x86_64

How To Uninstall libwacom.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libwacom.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libwacom.x86_64

libwacom.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/65-libwacom.rules
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2.5.2
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libwacom-0.24/README

References

libwacom.x86_64 website

Summary

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