How to Install and Uninstall libgpm2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "libgpm2" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libgpm2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgpm2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgpm2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libgpm2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgpm2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgpm2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libgpm2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.7-8build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: gpm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 65
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Suggests: gpm
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm2_1.20.7-8build1_amd64.deb
Size: 15898
MD5sum: 32032985181b90d93536b6facc4908c5
SHA1: e7351c5d99a79e76721cd9894a0954452747d9cd
SHA256: ba6119d5b1e990a7b3b584c039e2dfee8ab53e725967688347b50e39bfabac7a
SHA512: fc51af2dd422a1e2d787640b86fd10e1262cdcc9feb705bc3f2fbd5af17d25fdd1af07024d91ba1e754332d7bacc0cd9203517bbce8c4d72504df8b21af45e2d
Homepage: https://nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Description-en: General Purpose Mouse - shared library
This package provides a library that handles mouse requests
and delivers them to applications. See the description for the 'gpm'
package for more information.
Description-md5: e77c023597910bf799fb8eb6602823ce
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntu-server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi