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

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver" package

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


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

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


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

Package: xscreensaver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.36-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2253
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.15), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.4-2~), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmu6, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxt6, libxxf86vm1, xscreensaver-data
Recommends: libjpeg-turbo-progs, perl5, miscfiles | wordlist, libgnomeui-0
Suggests: xfishtank, xdaliclock, xscreensaver-data-extra, xscreensaver-gl, xscreensaver-gl-extra, fortune, www-browser, qcam | streamer, gdm3 | kdm-gdmcompat
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.36-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 545454
MD5sum: 297232189d5199124826f3c4fcc98306
SHA1: 0bf608bae3c2dbd099ca41cf7ef7e810c9261ed6
SHA256: 669a2aa428fab491a33dc2f779667c1a59024167b5e966e9cb2ebc516b2c4e9a
Homepage: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Description: Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11
Description-md5: f28418049591dc7ea8833c590fe2406a
Task: lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop
Supported: 9m