How To Install libinput-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput-tools on Kali Linux. libinput-tools is input device management and event handling library - command line tools

Introduction

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

What is libinput-tools

libinput-tools 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 command line tools.

There are three methods to install libinput-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libinput-tools

Install libinput-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libinput-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install libinput-tools

How To Uninstall libinput-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libinput-tools

Uninstall libinput-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinput-tools

Remove libinput-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libinput-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libinput-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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