How To Install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8. libevdev is Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libevdev

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevdev.

Install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libevdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libevdev

Install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libevdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libevdev

How To Uninstall libevdev on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libevdev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libevdev

libevdev Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/dd6aceae0a745d26bb895a1772369ef03e32d2
/usr/lib/libevdev.so.2
/usr/lib/libevdev.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libevdev
/usr/share/doc/libevdev/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/c80efa8fde431f4dd94ddf3f86dd69e813e8cc
/usr/lib64/libevdev.so.2
/usr/lib64/libevdev.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libevdev
/usr/share/doc/libevdev/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.