How to Install and Uninstall mtdev-tools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "mtdev-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mtdev-tools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mtdev-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mtdev-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall mtdev-tools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mtdev-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mtdev-tools package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mtdev-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.6-1build3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: mtdev
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: libmtdev1 (= 1.1.6-1build3), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtdev/mtdev-tools_1.1.6-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 5284
MD5sum: 8243bfb321c764ba87faea261741e5c0
SHA1: e41a2bc1850ad2e031b41df449905fcd5383ffb6
SHA256: b1aba96345de70e7aa076de79565b1c8a00e75abf6d6d59e8dad82ef3ceb4779
SHA512: 45ca67414f1d3eb59e4271bfd422123db0355d7eded2cb8aa051c4d7232799737538257a3754a618baf7f4010d073157a8c0466c7992e647f8deb0a82cd28092
Homepage: http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/
Description-en: Multitouch Protocol Translation Library - test tools
libmtdev is a library for translating evdev multitouch events using the legacy
protocol to the new multitouch slots protocol. This is necessary for kernel
drivers that have not been updated to use the newer protocol.
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This package provides some test tools for the libmtdev library.
+ mtdev-test: prints the information coming from the kernel
Description-md5: 82791baa4c09c5e1f5542eebc7f37deb