How to Install and Uninstall libevdev-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libevdev-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libevdev-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libevdev-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libevdev-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libevdev-tools
Source: libevdev
Version: 1.13.0+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1)
Description: wrapper library for evdev devices - tools
Description-md5: 8215286e33efa9da0bec00b270659e56
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevdev/libevdev-tools_1.13.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 18312
MD5sum: 91d4958df25ba888850dd74e58a1f705
SHA256: 7badd96fc9f7c593128698ca82b36ff262c51cd645bb2e1eb8a2879bec9108a1