How To Install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8. libevdevPlus is A C++ wrapper around libevdev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8.

What is libevdevPlus

A c++ wrapper around libevdev (required for ydotool).

We can use yum or dnf to install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevdevPlus.

Install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libevdevPlus

Install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libevdevPlus

How To Uninstall libevdevPlus on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libevdevPlus

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.