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Setting up [[eudev]] on a desktop system is recommended in Alpine Linux. Without a fully functional [[Device Manager|device manager]] users will not be able to connect to input devices. The {{pkg|alpine-conf}} package provides [https://git.alpinelinux.org/alpine-conf/tree/setup-devd.in setup-devd] to easily install and setup device managers.
Setting up [[eudev]] as [[Device Manager|device manager]] on a [[Tutorials_and_Howtos#Desktop|desktop system]] is recommended. The {{pkg|alpine-conf}} package provides [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-devd|setup-devd]] script to easily install and setup device managers.


Setup eudev.
To set up eudev, issue the command:{{cmd|# setup-devd udev}}
{{cmd|# setup-devd udev}}
 
For more details and other options see [[Device Manager]].

Latest revision as of 05:04, 7 September 2025

Setting up eudev as device manager on a desktop system is recommended. The alpine-conf package provides setup-devd script to easily install and setup device managers.

To set up eudev, issue the command:

# setup-devd udev