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

Last updated: June 30,2024

1. Install "lirc" package

Please follow the steps below to install lirc on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall lirc on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: lirc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.1-6.3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2418
Depends: liblirc0 (= 0.10.1-6.3), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python3, python3:any, libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.33), libftdi1-2 (>= 1.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), liblirc-client0, libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0, libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.12)
Recommends: gir1.2-vte-2.91, python3-yaml, python3-gi, systemd
Suggests: lirc-compat-remotes, lirc-drv-irman, lirc-doc, lirc-x, setserial, ir-keytable
Breaks: inputlirc (<< 19), lirc-modules-source (<< 0.9~), lirc-svga (<< 0.9~)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lirc/lirc_0.10.1-6.3_amd64.deb
Size: 456812
MD5sum: cd022ef7cec0332a8d7a939a072698a4
SHA1: 42f9e380d7ce9f2aae6055587167810bca4974c4
SHA256: c789fb250bf54cfcacf3d05bcc6a36175bd6cf41048bb500de56c1060dcdc1a9
SHA512: 953ddd93d426e29a180730ee1ff22d17aeadcb0e46413b2a03d4cb1d5483b8670f114f85145bd3978fe3890bc6fa70e3b2bb8f9b0d8e3e44e148bcaf9e9a99a3
Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc
Description-en: Infra-red remote control support - daemons and utils
LIRC stands for 'Linux Infra-red Remote Control'.
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This package provides the daemons and some utilities to support infra-red
remote controls under Linux.
Description-md5: 1746eac586c652dde3396bfe4ec0c42b