How to Install libevdev-tools software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libevdev-tools software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libevdev-tools software package provides wrapper library for evdev devices - tools, 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 libevdev-tools 

libevdev-tools is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libevdev-tools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package libevdev-tools
Version 1.4.6+dfsg-1
Description wrapper library for evdev devices - tools
Sub Section Utils


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