How to Install and Uninstall inputplug Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "inputplug" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install inputplug on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install inputplug

2. Uninstall "inputplug" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall inputplug on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove inputplug $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the inputplug package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: inputplug
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrew Shadura
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3~hg20150512-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libixp0, libx11-6 (>= 2:1.2.99.901), libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4)
Filename: pool/universe/i/inputplug/inputplug_0.3~hg20150512-1_amd64.deb
Size: 11082
MD5sum: b8bd5969f974e0207671df67adaef0d3
SHA1: dba1707a48ef8b5c5756a684ff69bd4dd23d969d
SHA256: 70d44f4adf841e2a79c3cf0d732de55295025b8e628a406a85d6392e6ab5f4ef
Description-en: XInput monitor
inputplug is a daemon which connects to a running X server
and monitors its XInput hierarchy change events, such as
an input device being attached or removed, enabled or disable
etc, and runs some command when these events happen.
Description-md5: ddad4bd859fad8bd288da58d91f205eb
Homepage: http://bitbucket.org/andrew_shadura/inputplug
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu