How to Install and Uninstall xscreensaver-gl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver-gl" package

Learn how to install xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xscreensaver-gl package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: xscreensaver-gl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.42+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
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: 11780
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6, libxt6
Suggests: xscreensaver
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.42+dfsg1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2772616
MD5sum: f3e4bcd09a6b06622689237cf3a1800c
SHA1: 509afa6ee892ce117b046f0980ed25a6b03eff24
SHA256: e0870e330e90aadca8bdc8641663b41e27eb49bbead54734e2c444d53741cd21
SHA512: 0361328ebee328f354273f1d9c85c3ee63d838c899b3f49fbb7739af29d99c4d093bc03491f2700384ac9808935033b8fb3980ec87f136f03415ad673a7f4a9b
Homepage: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Description-en: GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11,
containing more than 200 screen savers.
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This package contains a small selection of 3D (OpenGL) screen saver
modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package can be used by
xscreensaver and also some other screensaver engines.
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This is the set of GL screensavers shipped by default:
antinspect, antspotlight, atunnel, blinkbox, bubble3d, circuit,
cityring, crumbler, cubestack, cubestorm, cubetwist, discoball,
dymaxionmap, endgame, energystream, engine, esper, flipflop,
flipscreen3d, flyingtoasters, gears, geodesic, geodesicgears, gflux,
glblur, glcells, gleidescope, glknots, glmatrix, glschool,
glslideshow, glsnake, gltext, hexstrut, hydrostat, hypertorus,
jigglypuff, kaleidocycle, lavalite, lockward, maze3d, mirrorblob,
moebius, moebiusgears, molecule, morph3d, peepers, pipes, polyhedra,
polytopes, projectiveplane, pulsar, quasicrystal, queens, raverhoop,
razzledazzle, romanboy, sierpinski3d, sonar, spheremonics, splitflap,
splodesic, stonerview, superquadrics, topblock, unicrud, vigilance,
voronoi, winduprobot.
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More display modes can be found in the xscreensaver-data,
xscreensaver-data-extra and xscreensaver-gl-extra packages.
Description-md5: 77c94b3990075d2bd0e76233cceef54d
Task: lubuntu-desktop