How to Install and Uninstall brightnessctl Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "brightnessctl" package

Please follow the guidance below to install brightnessctl on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                brightnessctl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "brightnessctl" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall brightnessctl on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                brightnessctl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brightnessctl package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: brightnessctl
Version: 0.4-1
Installed-Size: 43
Maintainer: Nicolas Braud-Santoni
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Recommends: brightness-udev
Description: Control backlight brightness
Description-md5: 046f77125da8cf4af53960488f1445e4
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::TODO, implemented-in::c, role::program,
system::laptop, system::mobile
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/brightnessctl/brightnessctl_0.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10768
MD5sum: 8397a90f5b710ec93d639fe7fd6812b8
SHA256: bac1027aadf1e1089622b63f6bc00094e6a2e91c0ee82d11ed30ecd4c768b43c