How to Install and Uninstall light Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the light on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "light" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install light on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall light on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the light package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: light
Version: 1.2.2-2
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Architecture: amd64
Depends: udev, libc6 (>= 2.7)
Description: control display backlight controllers and LEDs
Description-md5: 94cdbe5b9d4697c2c1b631c904fa86d1
Homepage: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/light/light_1.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20400
MD5sum: 5ab302581ac20a24eda07fb2ab60889e
SHA256: 3297dc08e8139e782971e41f47c620bbe72b18fdcdf233ddfc9b525776ce8f78