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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libinput-tools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libinput-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libinput-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: libinput
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 87
Depends: libinput10 (= 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1), libc6 (>= 2.8), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libudev1 (>= 183)
Filename: pool/universe/libi/libinput/libinput-tools_1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 18736
MD5sum: 0d0ab728d5f752174c418fb551ae8f84
SHA1: 9062c5b464461a9419444860ff88a2bff9f7e3d8
SHA256: efeb37ccb7cb767332aa63b1b917decd79ddadfaa1446d049bb6e3a1f25de93a
SHA512: 1296c0a4d2be8021fef2cb24f2b1419b1d42db17f3ac878cb5bec45434c58a90baaa398482d3b8fa54ef8ad9ab2e1aae8c1a13aa1ee08540877bb9f00d7f5f05
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - command line tools
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.
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This package includes the command line tools.
Description-md5: a3cb13b88fab5ad6bc4954352ff16f8f

Package: libinput-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 78
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libinput
Version: 1.2.3-1ubuntu1
Depends: libinput10 (= 1.2.3-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.8), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libudev1 (>= 183)
Filename: pool/universe/libi/libinput/libinput-tools_1.2.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 17100
MD5sum: 38a11f4becdfc449f6a0d736ef1a3eab
SHA1: bad8e0469b999773e22212bcfa9739538374cb38
SHA256: c2d2fb6db9fb7609878a13a80df763d191fbb555f2f846d49b5bbbede01b9809
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - command line tools
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 command line tools.
Description-md5: a3cb13b88fab5ad6bc4954352ff16f8f
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu