libinput-test(1)

libinput-test1

Test various components of libinput itself

Usage

libinput test [--help] <feature> [<args>]

Overview

The libinput test tool runs tests against libinput itself. There is usually no need for a user to use this tool, it is provided for distribution vendors. This tool was disabled at build time!

This is a testing tool only, its output may change at any time. Do not rely on the output.

This tool may need to be run as root to have access to the /dev/input/eventX nodes and/or create /dev/uinput devices.

Options

--help

Print help

Features

Tests that can be run are

suite

Run the libinput-test-suite(1). This is the most complete set of tests to run in libinput.

utils

Run the test suite for internal utility functions.

Libinput

Part of the libinput(1) suite

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From libinput-tools 1.32.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.