How to Install and Uninstall brltty Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the brltty on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "brltty" package

Please follow the steps below to install brltty on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall brltty on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                brltty
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brltty package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4-4ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8100
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.8 (>= 6.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), liblouis20 (>= 3.20.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille, unicode-cldr-core
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_6.4-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 1365274
MD5sum: 577f9566bbee169c8634acdb289e3e8a
SHA1: 9b6bab6b4400f0300155dcf0474a1ff36eb8e567
SHA256: 1fa5b5f04ec678e2e6b9bfcbc95901d3e3807880f5129445a954538fd9a77c12
SHA512: 52d2097c2d99bd4369f1031f0c4365e91f9df8fd34fb71a886e5a0966b1699d492d871647b9e2a88faca85bd29d622e1e51b5bbf3d5bce2cb8fa641c6b94733d
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: 7a5f7509a70f80406cf9f9a599ae705e
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4-4ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8088
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.8 (>= 6.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libicu70 (>= 70.1-1~), liblouis20 (>= 3.20.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpcre2-32-0 (>= 10.22), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libsystemd0, libtinfo6 (>= 6), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille, unicode-cldr-core
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_6.4-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1364388
MD5sum: a26d70283c036ee101bb7390604a35b6
SHA1: d04805387579383bc20c6fa14ceca1955c70a3c5
SHA256: 29b1d5ef313dd05bb03e76049f59e6df15043c205981a5e29fa53eb7b9fd5755
SHA512: 40839d2d53c0ab6cda770be2a57cd689aeeb3daf35ee1b3b90993bfe109747850d7e8610156ac51144dfbaa77585a062bbcd26ebf5ea06555f9a3d7e71a532d1
Homepage: https://brltty.com
Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Description-md5: 7a5f7509a70f80406cf9f9a599ae705e
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi