How To Install libevdev on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev on CentOS 7.
What is libevdev
libevdev is a library to wrap kernel evdev devices and provide a proper API to interact with those devices. libevdev is a library to wrap kernel evdev devices and provide a proper API to interact with those devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install libevdev on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevdev.
Install libevdev on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libevdev using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libevdev
Install libevdev 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 libevdev using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libevdev
How To Uninstall libevdev on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libevdev package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libevdev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
