How To Install inputplug on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inputplug on Debian 10.
What is inputplug
inputplug is:
inputplug is a daemon which connects to a running X server and monitors its XInput hierarchy change events, such as an input device being attached or removed, enabled or disable etc, and runs some command when these events happen.
There are three methods to install inputplug on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install inputplug Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inputplug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inputplug
Install inputplug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inputplug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inputplug
Install inputplug 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install inputplug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inputplug
How To Uninstall inputplug on Debian 10
To uninstall only the inputplug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inputplug
Uninstall inputplug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inputplug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inputplug
Remove inputplug Configurations and Data
To remove inputplug configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inputplug
Remove inputplug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inputplug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inputplug
Dependencies
inputplug have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inputplug package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.