How To Install libevdev2 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev2 on Ubuntu 20.04. libevdev2 is wrapper library for evdev devices wrapper library for evdev devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev2 on Ubuntu 20.04.

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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libevdev2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.9.0+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libs Source: libevdev Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 136 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/main/libe/libevdev/libevdev2_1.9.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb Size: 31524 MD5sum: 1cfa7f34e6f423f9f576166575d78069 SHA1: fcafe702da7735847640c4881ea8492649554a1e SHA256: 41288970f08dcded634acced7fff926ff54d8d82c060bd3b4d8fb79a19564729 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/ Description-en: wrapper library for evdev devices 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.

There are three methods to install libevdev2 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdev2

Remove libevdev2 Configurations and Data

To remove libevdev2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdev2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.