How To Install libwacom on Fedora 34

libwacom is Tablet Information Client Library Tablet Information Client Library

Introduction

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

What is `libwacom`

libwacom is a library that provides information about Wacom tablets and tools. This information can then be used by drivers or applications to tweak the UI or general settings to match the physical tablet. libwacom 1.11 1.fc34 x86_64 46 k libwacom-1.11-1.fc34.src.rpm updates Tablet Information Client Library https MIT libwacom is a library that provides information about Wacom tablets and tools. This information can then be used by drivers or applications to tweak the UI or general settings to match the physical tablet.

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

Install libwacom 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 libwacom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwacom

Install libwacom 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 libwacom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwacom

How To Uninstall libwacom on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libwacom

libwacom Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/libwacom-list-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-show-stylus
/usr/bin/libwacom-update-db
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/249aa3880a5376b3c468eecb8762ef578702a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/a9fba26ce0ea5feedae6fa08843c5f28a237dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/c1ed66437ec87f45c12ef8101127d0591e51b0
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-devices.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-show-stylus
/usr/bin/libwacom-update-db
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/1bc2171a2cb1f3c6b5de60f1fb20f88de6841d
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/7c091fd4e2dff94150aba4c51f0986458a0772
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/cb41c616d6e20bca1ebfb515fa250ff3bab796
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-devices.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-show-stylus
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/34bbd7527a6cabb355cc241d44f292434d122b
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/2f83665e567f4be4f0a8597c2cb66e34de05dd
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib64/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz
/usr/bin/libwacom-list-local-devices
/usr/bin/libwacom-show-stylus
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/fc043853e50c49bec3e91a29b1576ccbaaa1b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/6053b9469165a078843cad05024359b3cdbb3d
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2
/usr/lib/libwacom.so.2.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libwacom
/usr/share/doc/libwacom/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom
/usr/share/licenses/libwacom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/libwacom-list-local-devices.1.gz

References

[libwacom website](https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom)

Summary

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