How to Install and Uninstall edid-decode Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "edid-decode" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install edid-decode on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                edid-decode
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "edid-decode" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall edid-decode on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: edid-decode
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1~git20201230.95d81c9-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrej Shadura
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 292
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/e/edid-decode/edid-decode_0.1~git20201230.95d81c9-2_amd64.deb
Size: 101464
MD5sum: bc29764d2100c24c4f7938159d222186
SHA1: badb8c8f388f8aa9331b99e55b6cc3c3e7c25c25
SHA256: d2aeb203b749b7fde481da7dec05d976fa721004bc232b4fb3a72eb07e275160
SHA512: 54e95f87bc0f2693529c7d9ab62d7440f70aa77d6bc2d8cf6e03d416d89d5a43f5442ef4dee58a62c8a81c8ddbf83973248fa1aaf4326f3cd42a1cbbdbe0f3ca
Homepage: https://git.linuxtv.org/edid-decode.git/
Description-en: decode the binary EDID information from monitors
EDID is binary data encoded in the monitor firmware, which the kernel
exposes via /sys/devices/.../drm/card*/card*/edid. edid-decode renders
this binary data into a human-readable text form.
Description-md5: 938630f978cfdb2eeba2cc4da41ea013