How to Install and Uninstall brightnessctl Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "brightnessctl" package

Learn how to install brightnessctl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall brightnessctl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: brightnessctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.1-1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nicolas Braud-Santoni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 35
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Recommends: brightness-udev
Filename: pool/universe/b/brightnessctl/brightnessctl_0.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10144
MD5sum: 3ec727a07884164089d353a6c0004dab
SHA1: 83259fee35078fe71be9b239a8d11b9c1f5861d7
SHA256: 370319bd454ec21ac43d625c3ff76123621e80138dade8456cdf13c1e52b4ddc
Homepage: https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl
Description: Control backlight brightness
Description-md5: 046f77125da8cf4af53960488f1445e4