How To Install evtest on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evtest on Kali Linux.

What is evtest

evtest is:

evtest monitors a Linux input device, displaying all the events it generates.

It can be used to determine mice button bindings, keymaps for exotic keyboards… It is commonly used to debug issues with input devices in X.Org.

evtest is now in maintenance mode and doesn’t support all the features of the latest kernels; evemu-record from the evemu-tools package should be used instead.

There are three methods to install evtest on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install evtest Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install evtest using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install evtest

Install evtest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evtest

Install evtest Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install evtest

How To Uninstall evtest on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove evtest

Uninstall evtest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall evtest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evtest

Remove evtest Configurations and Data

To remove evtest configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge evtest

Remove evtest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove evtest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evtest

Dependencies

evtest have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• evtest website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install evtest package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.