How To Install hidapi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi on CentOS 7. hidapi is Library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi on CentOS 7.

What is hidapi

HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. On Linux, either the hidraw or the libusb back-end can be used. There are trade-offs and the functionality supported is slightly different.

We can use yum or dnf to install hidapi on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hidapi.

Install hidapi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install hidapi

Install hidapi on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install hidapi

How To Uninstall hidapi on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove hidapi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hidapi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.