How To Install libwacom on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom on CentOS 8.
What is libwacom
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. libwacom 1.6 2.el8 x86_64 42 k libwacom-1.6-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Tablet Information Client Library https MIT 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 or dnf to install libwacom on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libwacom.
Install libwacom on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libwacom using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libwacom
Install libwacom on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install libwacom using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libwacom
How To Uninstall libwacom on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libwacom package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libwacom
libwacom Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/956e2a464cec7f3f3ff0d0e96de7cad55c8f86
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/05de8f47ad51ceaf673ce394e95ef19937314e
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/8637515bba89e97cf375199293b759c31bdd30
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/7478810df66defde997cafe4a5bd0f4e22f492
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
References
- [libwacom website](https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.