How To Install mtdev on Fedora 34

mtdev is Multitouch Protocol Translation Library Multitouch Protocol Translation Library

Introduction

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

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 20.fc34 x86_64 21 k mtdev-1.1.5-20.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mtdev.

Install mtdev 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 mtdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mtdev

Install mtdev 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 mtdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mtdev

How To Uninstall mtdev on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mtdev

mtdev Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/76855181caa20d3cfef38626bd64935dedc274
/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/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/59b71926189748dada79ed97a289fbff0e0189
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.