How to Install and Uninstall brightness-udev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "brightness-udev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install brightness-udev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall brightness-udev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: brightness-udev
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.1-3
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: 16
Filename: pool/universe/b/brightnessctl/brightness-udev_0.5.1-3_all.deb
Size: 4120
MD5sum: b392432b077a8b711ff23798b4e0b2b0
SHA1: 550ac42bc9972ab750e038b8515af3bb95ab6c54
SHA256: 1838e8fe1e0dd84c5a8c17dcc6f01d4a12a2ca78f3324b99dfd605442b87f4d1
SHA512: f917585a16f684643d97f099d6872206f6a9240b38a8d54ca3bff0640584e6716d3632ac2cbe9376403f789fa9799f440e68df603d23601e6838667287c094b3
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