How to Install and Uninstall libevdev-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libevdev-tools" package

Learn how to install libevdev-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libevdev-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libevdev-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libevdev-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libevdev-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Source: libevdev
Version: 1.4.6+dfsg-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libevdev/libevdev-tools_1.4.6+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12708
MD5sum: 64f8035731618e7dc81c623965f7f448
SHA1: 3c9c7c509551bf4c9f6f8db6e6fada627c005475
SHA256: 5550ac7afa821caebdcefa23cf7287f49e6e187fc1fce1808203278d6f27fcdc
Description-en: wrapper library for evdev devices - tools
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 touchpad-edge-detector.
Description-md5: 8215286e33efa9da0bec00b270659e56
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu