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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "numlockx" package

This tutorial shows how to install numlockx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


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

Package: numlockx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-7ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michal Čihař
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 33
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Filename: pool/universe/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8340
MD5sum: 24269d1a7fee74c29b4facf1674f4300
SHA1: fee77cb1772e15b8be0cbc3f7f4f66d8d5a5d52f
SHA256: b4bb5697196bc48cf6a7dd7b079cd9a35af6d3f2129a8721693f0e81834c251e
Homepage: http://home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/
Description: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop
Supported: 3y