How to Install libinput-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libinput-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libinput-dev software package provides input device management and event handling library - development files, 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 libinput-dev 

libinput-dev is installed in your system.

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

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

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

libinput-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libinput-dev
Version 1.2.3-1ubuntu1
Description input device management and event handling library - development files
Sub Section Devel


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