How To Install mtdev.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. mtdev.i686 is Multitouch Protocol Translation Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mtdev.i686`

mtdev is a stand-alone library which transforms all variants of kernel MT events to the slotted type B protocol. The events put into mtdev may be from any MT device, specifically type A without contact tracking, type A with contact tracking, or type B with contact tracking.

We can use yum to install mtdev.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtdev.i686.

Install mtdev.i686 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 mtdev.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mtdev.i686

How To Uninstall mtdev.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mtdev.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mtdev.i686

mtdev.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libmtdev.so.1
/usr/lib/libmtdev.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mtdev-1.1.5
/usr/share/doc/mtdev-1.1.5/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mtdev-1.1.5/README

References

mtdev.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.