How To Install libevdi0 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdi0
on Debian 10.
What is libevdi0
libevdi0 is:
The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.
Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.
This package installs the client library used for interfacing with the evdi kernel module.
There are three methods to install libevdi0
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevdi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevdi0
Install libevdi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevdi0
Install libevdi0 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevdi0
How To Uninstall libevdi0 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libevdi0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevdi0
Uninstall libevdi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevdi0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdi0
Remove libevdi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libevdi0
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevdi0
Remove libevdi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevdi0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdi0
Dependencies
libevdi0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdi0
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.