How to Install and Uninstall colortest Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "colortest" package

Please follow the guidance below to install colortest on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall colortest on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: colortest
Architecture: all
Version: 20110624-9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Micheal Waltz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 39
Depends: perl:any (>= 5), bash (>= 3)
Filename: pool/universe/c/colortest/colortest_20110624-9_all.deb
Size: 13576
MD5sum: 97a7f58c9a117e46a5e8c9e88136c645
SHA1: a8d6eaddbcee8f5cc9578cdd6bc3059839fccdd3
SHA256: 8b7943e87204f1bae5c5ca44dd775b0461fbc00815251f8d506118f85cbbcae6
SHA512: 671d90de1bee5ceeeb765d63eb713f282adb549cf77352887a53a349b1be71fb961849804e50057d09180090926ed2fa9ba8fad3f222af8021ccfa7d54b04335
Homepage: https://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