How To Install python3-libevdev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev on Kali Linux.
What is python3-libevdev
python3-libevdev is:
This is a Python wrapper around libevdev, a wrapper library for evdev devices. It provides a simpler API around evdev and takes advantage of libevdev??s advanced event handling, providing
- access to the state of the device (not just the events)
- correct handling of fake multitouch devices
- synchronisation of slots and per-slot state
- transparent generation of missing tracking ids
- per-context event handling
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-libevdev 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 python3-libevdev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libevdev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libevdevInstall python3-libevdev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libevdev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libevdevInstall python3-libevdev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libevdev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libevdevHow To Uninstall python3-libevdev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-libevdev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libevdevUninstall python3-libevdev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libevdev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libevdevRemove python3-libevdev Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libevdev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libevdevRemove python3-libevdev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libevdev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libevdevDependencies
python3-libevdev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.