How to Install and Uninstall hotswap-gui Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "hotswap-gui" package

This is a short guide on how to install hotswap-gui on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hotswap-gui
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hotswap-gui" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall hotswap-gui on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: hotswap-gui
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.0-15.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: hotswap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 110
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxm4 (>= 2.3.4), libxt6, hotswap-text
Breaks: hotswap (<< 0.4.0)
Replaces: hotswap (<< 0.4.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hotswap/hotswap-gui_0.4.0-15.1_amd64.deb
Size: 16044
MD5sum: ee72e45d6db86ae38ad54d2aff157251
SHA1: 7680fd7747a50443bd093dab3fc8d5c8a85354e2
SHA256: 1d0fbc32194c5330bd9e24163dcf3a13c757d273d7360f751d7eb017f8db9ef8
SHA512: 76c5d7b1c67bbdf6d478b74820a1659d80ef2f6299d204a10e7fde0f6fba553b58512ce9eb7298776c9f3de64eedfb6dcae5f51cc7b4a58e69b42f07636327a0
Homepage: http://timstadelmann.de/hotswap.html
Description-en: (de)register hotswappable IDE hardware (GUI front-end)
Hotswap is a utility to register and deregister hotswappable IDE
hardware. It is written to be used on Laptops with some sort of
hardware bay to remove the module from the machine without rebooting
it. eg. Dell Laptops.
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Note that this utility is not required to insert or remove batteries
or floppy disk drives; only for IDE devices.
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This package includes the Motif front-end to the command line tool.
Description-md5: ca0f0aafd7862d14aab0d0b5702019c3