How To Install mtdev.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mtdev.x86_64 is Multitouch Protocol Translation Library

Introduction

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

What is `mtdev.x86_64`

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

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

sudo yum -y install mtdev.x86_64

How To Uninstall mtdev.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove mtdev.x86_64

mtdev.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libmtdev.so.1
/usr/lib64/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.x86_64 website

Summary

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