How To Install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 is Xorg X11 synaptics input driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64

Development files for the Synaptics TouchPad for X.Org.

We can use yum to install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64.

Install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.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 xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64

xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/xorg
/usr/include/xorg/synaptics-properties.h
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/xorg-synaptics.pc
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel-1.9.0
/usr/share/doc/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel-1.9.0/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.