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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "light" package

This guide let you learn how to install light on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall light on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: light
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58
Depends: udev, libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/l/light/light_1.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 18724
MD5sum: 6817070651fd25f252b5679ceca7bb87
SHA1: 79319681427b4fa73e9729b6dfbd591246ea21f5
SHA256: 7d08e67377ec88315a9bac1bf3a6638a991865f9e64df82cfdefb5725ba85ae9
SHA512: a7ae357af20c158117b81b59acae9f413cdf541b4afba9de99c1ff7c9df351b70b2856f9f9ddf692945cddc5a7b22eef295a969c2889f86ea08335ef7061f44a
Homepage: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
Description-en: control display backlight controllers and LEDs
Light is a useful tool to control display brightness in lightweight
desktops or window managers that do not have bundled applications for
this purpose.
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Most modern laptops have moved away from hardware controlled brightness
and require software control. Light works where other software has
proven to be unreliable, e.g. xbacklight. It can even be used from the
console as it does not rely on X.
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Light has features like setting a minimum brightness value, as well as
saving and restoring the brightness at reboot and startup.
Description-md5: 94cdbe5b9d4697c2c1b631c904fa86d1