How To Install python-evdev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-evdev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-evdev
python-evdev is:
This package provides bindings to the generic input event interface in Linux. The evdev interface serves the purpose of passing events generated in the kernel directly to userspace through character devices that are typically located in /dev/input/.
This package also comes with bindings to uinput, the userspace input subsystem. Uinput allows userspace programs to create and handle input devices that can inject events directly into the input subsystem.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-evdev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-evdev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-evdev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-evdev
Install python-evdev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-evdev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-evdev
Install python-evdev 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 python-evdev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-evdev
How To Uninstall python-evdev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-evdev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-evdev
Uninstall python-evdev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-evdev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-evdev
Remove python-evdev Configurations and Data
To remove python-evdev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-evdev
Remove python-evdev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-evdev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-evdev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-evdev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
