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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver-gl" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: xscreensaver-gl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.36-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Source: xscreensaver
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9877
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6, libxt6
Suggests: xscreensaver
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.36-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1388042
MD5sum: cbe6253145fc4e11c53fdeac40cc4cbd
SHA1: b1aca619453abeb90ba247761f3a6c50e8d6df96
SHA256: 8ba17c922f395f6b0f2fafcaab015cb1c58fc64a9ef686039f453d2681a5fd6f
Homepage: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Description: GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
Description-md5: 973043c3a3b4ef60124791c0eebee8bb