How to Install and Uninstall libinput-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "libinput-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libinput-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libinput-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libinput-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libinput-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libinput-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: libinput
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 193
Depends: libinput10 (= 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1), libudev-dev
Filename: pool/main/libi/libinput/libinput-dev_1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 27294
MD5sum: b490533ce5d1c0ce4ff2403b6318b80f
SHA1: de6bffd22e5102bb6490ccff1e83fa2e56cf2b57
SHA256: 89f126fa5f0c8c49a967f333afc5296c8dc07a4390225965f1fb982d79c1b847
SHA512: 453dc3e5d50cf96e8a9ac0dad038fb082841607326cc6f17e80a470b31fb035a36f731a988d14c78de5691c872fb7841a07ad819bd32530c57814b087776a91f
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - development files
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 so minimize the amount of custom input
code the user of libinput need to provide the common set of
functionality that users expect.
.
This package includes the development headers.
Description-md5: 54d9d284f28d0652605fdd1f3f0f4726
Supported: 5y

Package: libinput-dev
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libinput
Version: 1.2.3-1ubuntu1
Depends: libinput10 (= 1.2.3-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/libi/libinput/libinput-dev_1.2.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 23890
MD5sum: 477f0584304554c5808f23391e7d079c
SHA1: ac0c0cf607ccd534d71f6e714513c67707f977c9
SHA256: 64a698547d68fe8b685b22d38a84d2cbbe1d8189139713cf13f06fe83d5ecfcd
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - development files
libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and
other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.
.
It provides device detection, device handling, input device event
processing and abstraction so minimize the amount of custom input
code the user of libinput need to provide the common set of
functionality that users expect.
.
This package includes the development headers.
Description-md5: 54d9d284f28d0652605fdd1f3f0f4726
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m