How To Install linuxconsoletools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxconsoletools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. linuxconsoletools.x86_64 is Tools for connecting joysticks & legacy devices to the kernel’s

Introduction

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

What is linuxconsoletools.x86_64

This package contains utilities for testing and configuring joysticks, connecting legacy devices to the kernel’s input subsystem (providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), and test the input event layer.

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

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

sudo yum -y install linuxconsoletools.x86_64

How To Uninstall linuxconsoletools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove linuxconsoletools.x86_64

linuxconsoletools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ffcfstress
/usr/bin/ffmvforce
/usr/bin/ffset
/usr/bin/fftest
/usr/bin/inputattach
/usr/bin/jscal
/usr/bin/jscal-restore
/usr/bin/jscal-store
/usr/bin/jstest
/usr/libexec/joystick/extract
/usr/libexec/joystick/filter
/usr/libexec/joystick/ident
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools-1.4.5
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools-1.4.5/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools-1.4.5/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools-1.4.5/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ffcfstress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ffmvforce.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ffset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fftest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/inputattach.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal-restore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal-store.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jscal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jstest.1.gz

References

Summary

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