How To Install linuxconsoletools on CentOS 8

linuxconsoletools is Tools for connecting joysticks & legacy devices to the kernel’s input subsystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxconsoletools on CentOS 8.

What is linuxconsoletools

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 or dnf to install linuxconsoletools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install linuxconsoletools.

Install linuxconsoletools 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 linuxconsoletools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linuxconsoletools

Install linuxconsoletools 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 linuxconsoletools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linuxconsoletools

How To Uninstall linuxconsoletools on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove linuxconsoletools

linuxconsoletools Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/evdev-joystick
/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/1029ef9b72c6bc8d79fc271c85c78f58b29121
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/d38ddcf7e7f134a6154bf0778e44eba53b752d
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/27a85b477fbdea6b70b363ef8e706a20942fff
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/4b105818b7839423b37a8e0a31aab24fd99620
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/010800c062f5fb84fb30edb9e440c503ba7e8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/d85a11bcf0a929ae7a111597804e47049299c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/a38bd4a52e02ca42c76a51db2a17c159957869
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/50bb2750558b66ea87fc24dfe50fd5899fac69
/usr/lib/udev/js-set-enum-leds
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-stelladaptor-joystick.rules
/usr/libexec/joystick/extract
/usr/libexec/joystick/filter
/usr/libexec/joystick/ident
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/linuxconsoletools/README
/usr/share/man/man1/evdev-joystick.1.gz
/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 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.