How To Install python3-libevdev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 python3-libevdev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libevdev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libevdev
Install python3-libevdev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libevdev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libevdev
Install python3-libevdev 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 python3-libevdev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libevdev
How To Uninstall python3-libevdev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-libevdev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libevdev
Uninstall python3-libevdev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libevdev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libevdev
Remove python3-libevdev Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libevdev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libevdev
Remove 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-libevdev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libevdev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
