How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-blinklight Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "pidgin-blinklight" package

This guide let you learn how to install pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pidgin-blinklight
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-blinklight" package

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


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

Package: pidgin-blinklight
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.1-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joachim Breitner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 44
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), pidgin (<< 1:3.0), pidgin (>= 1:2.12)
Conflicts: pidgin (>= 1:3.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pidgin-blinklight/pidgin-blinklight_0.11.1-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 8832
MD5sum: 67fa42326953f251df2f1e934b814456
SHA1: d5f2fd274b7f890446aa46273ad20a7a8d929789
SHA256: 422052da39e4d8e832bf9adc5f6f953c183ae8a29de0118f5f62292c66dc4505
SHA512: 67884762cb5f8af44bfd59c2b838f45aa3d6682cdad2d23291d0d30971fff5186fbd05eea7aafe564ae06757c1a8475d7a79b97df444da7b756150488352f1fd
Description-en: Blinks your ThinkPad's ThinkLight upon new messages
This plugin for Pidgin will blink your laptops when you get
new messages, so you notice them even if the conversation window is not up
front and you don't have or don't see the window list.
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To use this with an Thinkpad's ThinkLight, you need to have the ibm-acpi
kernel module loaded.
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To use this with an ASUS laptop, you need to have the asus_acpi kernel
module loaded.
Description-md5: 3328a03ef86cb629137d975a64d29dc9