How To Install evemu on Fedora 34

evemu is Event Device Query and Emulation Program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evemu on Fedora 34.

What is evemu

evemu is a simple utility to capture the event stream from input devices and replay that stream on a virtual input device.

We can use yum or dnf to install evemu on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install evemu.

Install evemu on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install evemu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install evemu

Install evemu on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install evemu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install evemu

How To Uninstall evemu on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove evemu

evemu Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/evemu-describe
/usr/bin/evemu-device
/usr/bin/evemu-event
/usr/bin/evemu-play
/usr/bin/evemu-record
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/ca8d270e64fe70f3ee2ecc2301c5c05fac5eb2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/4049f1ff4151b480b40edc594e1ed4f334b7ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/e2221fa90d2bea78d1dcae5adacf9f350dac2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/d845ca02bcce3536864c79ac73637c5351699c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/ebf2d65527dfb223191101ce6cdc6ba7ecc591
/usr/share/licenses/evemu
/usr/share/licenses/evemu/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-describe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-device.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-event.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-play.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/evemu-record.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install evemu on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.