How To Install python3-libevdev on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev in Fedora 36. python3-libevdev is Python bindings to the libevdev evdev device wrapper library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev on Fedora 36.

What is python3-libevdev

python-libevdev provides the Python bindings to the libevdev evdev device wrapper library. These bindings provide a pythonic API to access evdev devices and create uinput devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-libevdev on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-libevdev.

Install python3-libevdev 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 python3-libevdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-libevdev

Install python3-libevdev 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 python3-libevdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-libevdev

How To Uninstall python3-libevdev on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-libevdev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-libevdev

python3-libevdev Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev-0.10-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev-0.10-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev-0.10-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev-0.10-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev-0.10-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/_clib.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/_clib.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/const.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/const.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/device.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/device.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/event.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/__pycache__/event.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/_clib.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/const.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/device.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libevdev/event.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-libevdev
/usr/share/licenses/python3-libevdev/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).