Complete Guide: Installing rgpiod on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2025

1. Install "rgpiod" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rgpiod on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

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


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

Package: rgpiod
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1.6.1-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/electronics
Source: lg-gpio
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 121
Depends: liblgpio1 (= 0.1.6.1-0ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.33), adduser
Suggests: rgs
Filename: pool/universe/l/lg-gpio/rgpiod_0.1.6.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 34512
MD5sum: 5b054d5bfab9829aaf44f652c31c9e84
SHA1: eff5ffc5a7581ee254e8d8c9cebf034232fff368
SHA256: bf2b185ac767459f8b66a57a482609bdb8cb10e73265bd673c7ad208e6acdd98
SHA512: 135a45728d6a4fe8cbbbcbf9688907d0f6d0a258acce33c359ad321e5a5080ca780cdc4014af80428ea8869d2844015dcd07cfa0194c12059bb2a2a98e489eda
Homepage: https://abyz.me.uk/lg
Description-en: Daemon permitting remote control of GPIO pins
The rgpiod daemon provides remote control of the GPIO pins of the local
computer via TCP sockets. It includes facilities for software PWM, callbacks
on level change, I2C, SPI, and UART wrappers. It also provides file handling,
script and network facilities.
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This package contains the rgpiod daemon itself.
Description-md5: 199c3780df0302ebc656ee26fc0490a8