How to Install and Uninstall libinput-bin Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libinput-bin" package

This tutorial shows how to install libinput-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libinput-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libinput-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libinput-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libinput-bin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libinput-bin package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libinput-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.16.4-3ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libinput
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 125
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libevdev2 (>= 1.10.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libwacom2 (>= 1.1)
Filename: pool/main/libi/libinput/libinput-bin_1.16.4-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 19712
MD5sum: 33cc7c4f1781535b203c57cd0dfb7939
SHA1: f83869d62182af869f6518c449b5582b9edaf620
SHA256: 04760994dcc8b42b2bf09f670807d8b2492b3e13f63777419748d0bef08ee77c
SHA512: 22a008da33c8d780abf9c9aa04eca56e4789aca1bc5789cf18c9690eafc14f979ce95b79fdaf09208d41e0202bd9d3278fdbee2e58f30d498eda86f8c350e618
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - udev quirks
libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and
other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.
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It provides device detection, device handling, input device event
processing and abstraction to minimize the amount of custom input
code the user of libinput needs to provide the common set of
functionality that users expect.
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This package includes the udev quirks database and helpers.
Description-md5: 73c43f4be44104c1d21c610329934c9d
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