How to Install joystick software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install joystick software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

joystick software package provides set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install joystick 

joystick is installed in your system.

Make ensure the joystick package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep joystick *

You will get with joystick package name, version, architecture and description in a table

joystick package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package joystick
Version 1:1.4.9-1
Description set of testing and calibration tools for joysticks
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove joystick software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?