How to Install and Uninstall brightnessctl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "brightnessctl" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install brightnessctl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall brightnessctl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: brightnessctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.1-2
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: nicoo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27)
Recommends: brightness-udev
Filename: pool/universe/b/brightnessctl/brightnessctl_0.5.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 12204
MD5sum: e2520b5716e77de4d68f0eb25fa62916
SHA1: 8036c1c81321d3ba0f3d954dde30481ad508d266
SHA256: 3163801a997331c39a1323e3ca758111d182ae28ff15b0c40f4e8f160cd2cfb0
SHA512: 54131384c2133b0b11e881d074592aa740599d36af508caa17998c817d39a749ea1fcc952d2a2faacc20227b880e51550aff4745f747f2c37d354c6cf767f760
Homepage: https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl
Description-en: Control backlight brightness
brightnessctl is a small utility to control the brightness
of a screen's backlight.
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This package contains the brightnessctl utility itself.
Description-md5: 046f77125da8cf4af53960488f1445e4