How To Install evdi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evdi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is evdi-dkms
evdi-dkms is:
The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.
Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.
This package installs the kernel module needed for creating the virtual displays.
Package: evdi-dkms Architecture: all Version: 1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/kernel Source: evdi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Hanno Stock [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 135 Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0) Recommends: libevdi0 Filename: pool/universe/e/evdi/evdi-dkms_1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 25464 MD5sum: 7199aebefca905e25550f6d14d511cab SHA1: 53ca0f9ac61a1870049eea6ec8a3c6147d3bb7a3 SHA256: 4a1c9524f3a8ebcf48695557f41f46a59bf5c1eb5d8a09e5537ff4e50b6ef128 Homepage: https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi Description-en: Extensible Virtual Display Interface driver kernel module The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.
Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.
This package installs the kernel module needed for creating the virtual displays.
There are three methods to install evdi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install evdi-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evdi-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evdi-dkms
Install evdi-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evdi-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evdi-dkms
Install evdi-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install evdi-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evdi-dkms
How To Uninstall evdi-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the evdi-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evdi-dkms
Uninstall evdi-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evdi-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evdi-dkms
Remove evdi-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove evdi-dkms configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evdi-dkms
Remove evdi-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evdi-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evdi-dkms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evdi-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.