How to Install and Uninstall libevdev-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libevdev-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libevdev-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libevdev-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libevdev-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libevdev-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libevdev-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libevdev-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libevdev-dev
Source: libevdev
Version: 1.11.0+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 282
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libevdev2 (= 1.11.0+dfsg-1)
Suggests: libevdev-doc
Description: wrapper library for evdev devices - development files
Description-md5: 63278ffe5abb78fff6dcd8755619b04b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevdev/libevdev-dev_1.11.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 51496
MD5sum: c38d5fa344cf931098b196d87c09b86e
SHA256: b8865766178835c6fd0703ff1bc071317a54fe9874a0e7112f0a4fbfde714f70