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

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "numlockx" package

Please follow the instructions below to install numlockx on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall numlockx on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: numlockx
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Filename: pool/universe/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-8_amd64.deb
Size: 8584
MD5sum: 770532b407b7966b985a404ca4349a3b
SHA1: 0a391d1a8d109534a14435fc7080ef4f9e8c140e
SHA256: 16e793739851af524e98722af2caebc630485b4f28c6a8799641f277a3284649
SHA512: bac9ade996cbe862d9a9eb6e94fccc8d3a4305d8d51cfe08657a254e58110902085049950e757a252b9d6e9f8890386052ed61730ac471ebd4cbf5c28598a6ef
Description-en: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Utilities to enable the keyboard's Numeric Lock during X11
session initialization or using command line utility.
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The package automatically installs session script to enable numlock
on session start.
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop