How To Install python-uinput on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-uinput on Debian 10.
What is python-uinput
python-uinput is:
Python-uinput is Python interface to Linux uinput kernel module which allows attaching userspace device drivers into kernel. In practice, Python-uinput makes it dead simple to create virtual joysticks, keyboards and mice for generating arbitrary input events programmatically.
This package contains the python2 library.
There are three methods to install python-uinput 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 python-uinput 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-uinput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-uinput
Install python-uinput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-uinput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-uinput
Install python-uinput 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 python-uinput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-uinput
How To Uninstall python-uinput on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-uinput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-uinput
Uninstall python-uinput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-uinput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-uinput
Remove python-uinput Configurations and Data
To remove python-uinput configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-uinput
Remove python-uinput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-uinput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-uinput
Dependencies
python-uinput have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-uinput package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.