How To Install evtest on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install evtest in Fedora 36. evtest is Event device test program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evtest on Fedora 36.

What is `evtest`

evtest is a simple utility to query information about input devices and watch the event stream generated by input devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install evtest on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install evtest.

Install evtest on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install evtest

Install evtest on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install evtest

How To Uninstall evtest on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove evtest

evtest Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/evtest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/45b0fcaa618bd64e6db77293e6e6f069e81f1e
/usr/share/doc/evtest
/usr/share/doc/evtest/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/evtest.1.gz

References

evtest website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install evtest on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).