How To Install libevdev2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev2 on Kali Linux.

What is libevdev2

libevdev2 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 run software using libevdev.

There are three methods to install libevdev2 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 libevdev2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libevdev2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevdev2

Install libevdev2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevdev2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevdev2

Install libevdev2 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 libevdev2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevdev2

How To Uninstall libevdev2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libevdev2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevdev2

Uninstall libevdev2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevdev2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdev2

Remove libevdev2 Configurations and Data

To remove libevdev2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevdev2

Remove libevdev2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevdev2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdev2

Dependencies

libevdev2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libevdev2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.