How to Install and Uninstall libevdev-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libevdev-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libevdev-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libevdev-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.11.0+dfsg-1build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: libevdev
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 282
Depends: libevdev2 (= 1.11.0+dfsg-1build1)
Suggests: libevdev-doc
Filename: pool/main/libe/libevdev/libevdev-dev_1.11.0+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 48548
MD5sum: 235cea54061365d89671d224fe7f1d53
SHA1: c90fb1e36851834a41a6f52733ba17a7880c8b73
SHA256: ed6c4c26ccedf161a6e700f725876bf0241eeb8a9e177e0bb1246482f801655f
SHA512: c73cc29370207f2aaf861f8db67a3b820ba1e13fa6d25d82a7aab93e6db0795ecbbbb1311b10043b8f66488c4ac33c16c0a0526bcdb94014c5f6fabb187dede4
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/
Description-en: wrapper library for evdev devices - development files
libevdev is a wrapper library for evdev devices. It provides
functions covering the common tasks when dealing with evdev devices,
thus avoiding erroneous ioctls and other errors.
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This package contains the files required to build software using
libevdev.
Description-md5: 63278ffe5abb78fff6dcd8755619b04b