Information about the package, libevdev, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libevdev package is designed for, Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library.
Package Name:
libevdev
Summary:
Kernel Evdev Device Wrapper Library
Description:
libevdev is a library to wrap kernel evdev devices and provide a proper API to interact with those devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.5
Release:
2.el6
Size:
32 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libevdev package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libevdev
This command will install libevdev on the server.
yum remove libevdev
This command will un-install libevdev on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libevdev, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libevdev
This command will un-install libevdev on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libevdev when using the -y flag.
yum update libevdev
This command will update libevdev to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libevdev, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libevdev
This command will update libevdev to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libevdev when using the -y flag.
yum info libevdev
This command will show you core information about the libevdev package.
yum deplist libevdev
This command will show you the dependencies for libevdev. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libevdev
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libevdev. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.