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

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "xininfo" package

This tutorial shows how to install xininfo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xininfo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: xininfo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.14.11-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antoine Beaupré
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xininfo/xininfo_0.14.11-1_amd64.deb
Size: 7332
MD5sum: 230ecb16d9ef2a0986a16630203f498c
SHA1: 11da5db1ce7577d724300f909188e865d1a32a7a
SHA256: 125da9789b079222433d5f6915dc166ed7332bacce105a2a163faba189719a28
SHA512: 37d96f90fa36274e67d9ed3063c64817fa29b10d960d00268a2dc2f24cbd1dafb0f478f0cecf1e355cadcbe4e77a7f4b3382eb83f13aa731e57f3d56133efca6
Homepage: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/xininfo
Description-en: small helper program for monitor layouts
xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of
each configured monitor. It is designed to be used by scripts.
Description-md5: 324e8a606012ee0e461bc664e853c948