How To Install mtdev on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev on CentOS 8.
What is mtdev
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. mtdev 1.1.5 12.el8 x86_64 24 k mtdev-1.1.5-12.el8.src.rpm appstream Multitouch Protocol Translation Library http MIT 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 or dnf to install mtdev on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtdev.
Install mtdev 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 mtdev using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mtdev
Install mtdev 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 mtdev using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mtdev
How To Uninstall mtdev on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mtdev package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mtdev
mtdev Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/1d05a649fb0cc20e0f417c6ef15e3cac8c3c7a
/usr/lib64/libmtdev.so.1
/usr/lib64/libmtdev.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mtdev
/usr/share/doc/mtdev/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mtdev/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/0b7a04dbb75070ddbce47cad48320f00c91360
/usr/lib/libmtdev.so.1
/usr/lib/libmtdev.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/mtdev
/usr/share/doc/mtdev/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mtdev/README
References
- [mtdev website](http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/ http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtdev on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.