How To Install libevdev-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-dev on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libevdev2

References

• libevdev-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.