How To Install spacenavd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spacenavd on CentOS 8.
What is spacenavd
Spacenavd, is a free software replacement user-space driver (daemon), for 3Dconnexion’s space-something 6dof input devices. It’s compatible with the original 3dxsrv proprietary daemon provided by 3Dconnexion, and works perfectly with any program that was written for the 3Dconnexion driver.
We can use yum or dnf to install spacenavd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spacenavd.
Install spacenavd 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 spacenavd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install spacenavd
Install spacenavd 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 spacenavd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install spacenavd
How To Uninstall spacenavd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the spacenavd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove spacenavd
spacenavd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/spacenavd
/usr/bin/spnavd_ctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/631bf0d2998455527d7c14e089b33f16d3646b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/spacenavd.service
/usr/share/doc/spacenavd
/usr/share/doc/spacenavd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/spacenavd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/spacenavd/example-spnavrc
/usr/share/licenses/spacenavd
/usr/share/licenses/spacenavd/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spacenavd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.