How to Install and Uninstall brightnessctl Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "brightnessctl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install brightnessctl on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall brightnessctl on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: brightnessctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.1-3.1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: nicoo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: brightness-udev
Filename: pool/universe/b/brightnessctl/brightnessctl_0.5.1-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 13744
MD5sum: 26bd57ff0e5776cccebd662ee763a17d
SHA1: 600f5007fb16930dcea632d58d19c761c42e3ea2
SHA256: 0689c879f23ed56eaf9b1001918aa2e9592b3b2667bb27da51409315a5a8cbc3
SHA512: 10f15e2d150bd0503307b04269873adc211fcee98ba75159d29a3c996b67abddcbb6b6eccfb007733f43ab60a5f7abcf89a03079ffc2ec0f80e79c0ba9181aa4
Homepage: https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl
Description: Control backlight brightness
Description-md5: 046f77125da8cf4af53960488f1445e4