How to Install and Uninstall joystick Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "joystick" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install joystick on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall joystick on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                joystick
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the joystick package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: joystick
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.8.1-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 204
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12)
Recommends: evtest, inputattach
Filename: pool/universe/j/joystick/joystick_1.8.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 52920
MD5sum: bfae85c333c0542ec5bf4f3a5caacb47
SHA1: 9f9450c5c17d555d17010e82e238e0bbe81de386
SHA256: 0e679460336ee19a1c9cdeadbbf38f73bfcf13886f24c4b7669b6d9c1f8c71ef
SHA512: de873e4fbea48ec2971b3cbe80eec4692663819a3c5a73ad63b7eece5fd71338e15d1d33716653aadb4c83820cbc93aff235100beaaa97375d92f894c9216238
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/
Description: set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks
Description-md5: f24d513c5fda4671698a17c18fa21457