How to Install and Uninstall brightness-udev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "brightness-udev" package

Learn how to install brightness-udev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                brightness-udev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "brightness-udev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall brightness-udev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                brightness-udev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brightness-udev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: brightness-udev
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: brightnessctl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: nicoo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 15
Filename: pool/universe/b/brightnessctl/brightness-udev_0.5.1-2_all.deb
Size: 3824
MD5sum: 4d155fdcd49922b0a0d4be1ad93fe143
SHA1: 0bf1fb316f7bc7b154a3610d9736b8028e55b62e
SHA256: e41f59a0f791c21f578321acf33d1e4aa5a67fc3b8af05cd32c4a33e3734862c
SHA512: fcdb9d07c1f0950ea69749749169d1273513706dfe0a0cb3c495252642bba900225766dee378861b3efd19adcbdc8792c3576cc48d1b42d81504952192b653a3
Homepage: https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl
Description-en: Control backlight brightness - udev rules
brightnessctl is a small utility to control the brightness
of a screen's backlight.
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This package contains udev rules allowing unprivileged users
to set the brightness without resorting to a suid binary.
Description-md5: 048ef571b6df80af09ed64a983ab18ae