How To Install inputlirc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inputlirc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is inputlirc
inputlirc is:
This is a small LIRC-compatible daemon that reads from /dev/input/eventX devices and sends the received keycodes to connecting LIRC clients. Inputlircd needs no configuration, it uses the standardised names for the keycodes as used by the kernel. Many USB remote controls that present HID devices, as well as multimedia keyboards should work out of the box.
There are three methods to install inputlirc
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 inputlirc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inputlirc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inputlirc
Install inputlirc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inputlirc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inputlirc
Install inputlirc 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 inputlirc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inputlirc
How To Uninstall inputlirc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the inputlirc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inputlirc
Uninstall inputlirc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inputlirc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inputlirc
Remove inputlirc Configurations and Data
To remove inputlirc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inputlirc
Remove inputlirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inputlirc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inputlirc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inputlirc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.