How to Install libevdev-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libevdev-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libevdev-dev software package provides wrapper library for evdev devices - development files, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libevdev-dev 

libevdev-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libevdev-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libevdev-dev *

You will get with libevdev-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libevdev-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libevdev-dev
Version 1.0.99.2+dfsg-2ubuntu2
Description wrapper library for evdev devices - development files
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libevdev-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?