How To Install libevdev on Fedora 34

libevdev is Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library

Introduction

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

What is libevdev

libevdev is a library to wrap kernel evdev devices and provide a proper API to interact with those devices. libevdev 1.11.0 1.fc34 x86_64 46 k libevdev-1.11.0-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library http MIT libevdev is a library to wrap kernel evdev devices and provide a proper API to interact with those devices.

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

Install libevdev 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 libevdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libevdev

Install libevdev 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 libevdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libevdev

How To Uninstall libevdev on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libevdev

libevdev Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/ebbf7c4a334564a19cff90cd77164a9283bb02
/usr/lib64/libevdev.so.2
/usr/lib64/libevdev.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libevdev
/usr/share/doc/libevdev/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/88a77b5d7a92f342eab6103ce67ab03caaec0e
/usr/lib/libevdev.so.2
/usr/lib/libevdev.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libevdev
/usr/share/doc/libevdev/COPYING

References

Summary

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