How To Install libinput-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-bin on Kali Linux.

What is libinput-bin

libinput-bin is:

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.

It provides device detection, device handling, input device event processing and abstraction to minimize the amount of custom input code the user of libinput needs to provide the common set of functionality that users expect.

This package includes the udev quirks database and helpers.

There are three methods to install libinput-bin 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 libinput-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libinput-bin

Install libinput-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libinput-bin

Install libinput-bin 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 libinput-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libinput-bin

How To Uninstall libinput-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libinput-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libinput-bin

Uninstall libinput-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinput-bin

Remove libinput-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libinput-bin

Remove libinput-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinput-bin

Dependencies

libinput-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libevdev2
• libudev1
• libwacom2

References

• libinput-bin website

Summary

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