How to Install and Uninstall evtest Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the evtest on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "evtest" package

Please follow the instructions below to install evtest on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "evtest" package

Learn how to uninstall evtest on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                evtest
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the evtest package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: evtest
Version: 1:1.35-1
Installed-Size: 74
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: evemu-tools
Description: utility to monitor Linux input device events
Description-md5: 87a9309a7fd6f8eaf06bf318e3ec4b43
Homepage: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/evtest/
Tag: hardware::input, hardware::input:keyboard, hardware::input:mouse,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::monitor
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/evtest/evtest_1.35-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16044
MD5sum: bf094bb61e2549586df21777ae900323
SHA256: 424b9e607148d5a0287492658e0fcd32f36c85d2b43b1103da3331f1f3546713