How to Install and Uninstall brltty Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "brltty" package

This is a short guide on how to install brltty on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall brltty on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.0+dfsg-4ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7784
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.7, libc6 (>= 2.27), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu66 (>= 66.1~rc-1~), liblouis20 (>= 3.12.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 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_6.0+dfsg-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 1163680
MD5sum: 6a28907058ecf4ae8dd7f3999288826d
SHA1: a65856871163d7f1542be7193793db8d98cea7d8
SHA256: c78aaeba72bf13d8e7e1eb4d8a40d13958c8c54d64769c9c8e3731752a9ae8f4
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: 166ce00955cfe49c97c5ddbc0efb38ea
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop