%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libevdev-&libevdev-version; libevdev Introduction to libevdev libevdev is a wrapper library for evdev devices. It moves the common tasks when dealing with evdev devices into a library and provides a library interface to the callers, thus avoiding erroneous ioctls, etc. &lfs76_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libevdev-md5sum; Download size: &libevdev-size; Estimated disk space required: &libevdev-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libevdev-time; libevdev Dependencies Required Optional , , and User Notes: Installation of libevdev If is installed and tests are going to be run, fix a testing problem: cat >> test/valgrind.suppressions << "EOF" { <timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3-2> Memcheck:Param timer_create(evp) fun:timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3 fun:check_get_clockid fun:srunner_run fun:main } EOF Install libevdev by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make If you have the optional package installed, the regression tests can be run as the root user with make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories touchpad-edge-detector libevdev.so None Short Descriptions libevdev.so contains API functions for accessing evdev devices. libevdev.so