How to Install and Uninstall colortest Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "colortest" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install colortest on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall colortest on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                colortest
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colortest package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: colortest
Architecture: all
Version: 20110624-8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: perl:any (>= 5), bash (>= 3)
Filename: pool/universe/c/colortest/colortest_20110624-8_all.deb
Size: 13512
MD5sum: 5357b5acf96ce883203e62db9088ed01
SHA1: fd9f9fa0a06421735bb0bef8953b6a2174f89cca
SHA256: f2fad17bb26f538182d4480db07b3e3b2b58bb86271c7015ee5cf29f8cc6ebd5
SHA512: f5d8bb925a943b3e5acf06733a3a88c0cf0a059cb27458ec62061265be09ae9088b5de13ea1aae1adb93b45b172628078c691a49a2fdd83c95496e5d8ef63461
Homepage: ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/
Description-en: utilities to test color capabilities of terminal
Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2
different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even
256 colors.
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The colortest package includes set of utilities to help test how many
colors a terminal can show. These color settings depend on the $TERM
environment variable and termcap entry and by adjusting or selecting
correct values, higher colors may be available. The following numbers
of colors can be tested for: 8, 16 and 256 colors.
Description-md5: 647a898b4902a7de25527f16b9567465