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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "brltty" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install brltty on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall brltty on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                brltty
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brltty package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5-4ubuntu2.0.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7280
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.27), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo5 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_5.5-4ubuntu2.0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1133860
MD5sum: 4ed037e443a15b555d9a8323711ee686
SHA1: 822a150d3ea3ba1cc9a4a32b1ab5dd05af28939b
SHA256: d06aa969eb62efd67f88fa3e88c1c289b174a8c2f2d08d291f1cd749831d8720
SHA512: f1ac3d041d3e4ee177352ec57b732069c1a79333a2b62b17eaad76f04a012e055e477fda221d6ca29e361081ba7742cf663174e491b4aba2897382e3dee69da6
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: b8c159be4a394a28408d3a20fabc7576
Task: ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5-4ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7276
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.27), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo5 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_5.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1134452
MD5sum: 31dafc5464c2aaa5663125f3ac4759ca
SHA1: 9fb63db63354245420a36e092facc6f1ea4d0d1c
SHA256: 974d39cc6a3ebf52d238cd7fb9ed750439cdc8197d06c40ed9007bf298fd30a1
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: b8c159be4a394a28408d3a20fabc7576
Task: ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y