How To Install hidrd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hidrd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hidrd
hidrd is:
The hidrd package is a library and collection of tools for parsing and generating HID report descriptors. It is an alternative to and in some ways an improvement over the official HID Descriptor Tool.
Native descriptor format is fully supported. An XML format is developed and supported for input and output. Specification example format is supported for output. Output to C source code with specification example format comments is supported. A tool called “hidrd-convert” is implemented and could be used to convert descriptors between formats.
There are three methods to install hidrd on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hidrd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hidrd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hidrd
Install hidrd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hidrd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hidrd
Install hidrd 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 hidrd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hidrd
How To Uninstall hidrd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hidrd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hidrd
Uninstall hidrd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hidrd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hidrd
Remove hidrd Configurations and Data
To remove hidrd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hidrd
Remove hidrd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hidrd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hidrd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hidrd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
