How To Install libevdev-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-dev on Debian 9.
What is libevdev-dev
libevdev-dev is:
libevdev is a wrapper library for evdev devices. It provides functions covering the common tasks when dealing with evdev devices, thus avoiding erroneous ioctls and other errors.
This package contains the files required to build software using libevdev.
There are three methods to install libevdev-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevdev-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdev-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevdev-dev
Install libevdev-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdev-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevdev-dev
Install libevdev-dev 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 libevdev-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevdev-dev
How To Uninstall libevdev-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libevdev-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevdev-dev
Uninstall libevdev-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevdev-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdev-dev
Remove libevdev-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libevdev-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevdev-dev
Remove libevdev-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevdev-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdev-dev
Dependencies
libevdev-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.