How To Install libevdev-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev-tools on Kali Linux. libevdev-tools is wrapper library for evdev devices - tools

Introduction

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

What is libevdev-tools

libevdev-tools 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 touchpad-edge-detector.

There are three methods to install libevdev-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevdev-tools

Install libevdev-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevdev-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevdev-tools

Install libevdev-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevdev-tools

How To Uninstall libevdev-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libevdev-tools

Uninstall libevdev-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevdev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdev-tools

Remove libevdev-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libevdev-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevdev-tools

Remove libevdev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevdev-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdev-tools

Dependencies

libevdev-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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