How To Install python3-uinput on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uinput on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-uinput
python3-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 python3 library.
There are three methods to install python3-uinput on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-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 python3-uinput using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-uinput
Install python3-uinput Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uinput using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-uinput
Install python3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uinput using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-uinput
How To Uninstall python3-uinput on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-uinput package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-uinput
Uninstall python3-uinput And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-uinput and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-uinput
Remove python3-uinput Configurations and Data
To remove python3-uinput configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-uinput
Remove python3-uinput configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-uinput configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-uinput
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uinput package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.