How to Install and Uninstall libinput10 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libinput10" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libinput10 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libinput10
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libinput10" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libinput10 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libinput10
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libinput10 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libinput10
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libinput
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 239
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.9), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libmtdev1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libwacom2 (>= 0.20), libinput-bin (>= 1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/libi/libinput/libinput10_1.6.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 74026
MD5sum: 36575d7a407cf07970018ec30246f18c
SHA1: 0a89d422222c673cacbf361d2417ddae6bd268b0
SHA256: 071ab1d00cb6d2fa261b2977b57357aba5e8634bf253d79db6748a88ae4184d4
SHA512: ccffdc678c0e7237b1e97378354223c58baca5d7a6fe4e8c96410f9e6db3cd9368e3ded86d3b1a67db5bfd626ecce7b419ffbc57e211041d961057e24fb5cddf
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - shared library
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 shared library.
Description-md5: f70e8cf5ae46a80d9f4d8b866571aaf2
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: libinput10
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 204
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: libinput
Version: 1.2.3-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.9), libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libmtdev1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libwacom2 (>= 0.15)
Filename: pool/main/libi/libinput/libinput10_1.2.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 63504
MD5sum: c185c6097fabd8aa093bb478518ca49b
SHA1: 1169e1edd04c5a46b4cf8897f86d5d0a994a3e06
SHA256: 45148acd1456c007b35c388adfd4e323e67d4d036af6081a48d40ec741ea6e89
Description-en: input device management and event handling library - shared library
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 shared library.
Description-md5: f70e8cf5ae46a80d9f4d8b866571aaf2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop