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

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the light 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 "light" package

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


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall light on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 light package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: light
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.2-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Samuel Henrique
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58
Depends: udev, libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/l/light/light_1.2.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 18724
MD5sum: 6817070651fd25f252b5679ceca7bb87
SHA1: 79319681427b4fa73e9729b6dfbd591246ea21f5
SHA256: 7d08e67377ec88315a9bac1bf3a6638a991865f9e64df82cfdefb5725ba85ae9
SHA512: a7ae357af20c158117b81b59acae9f413cdf541b4afba9de99c1ff7c9df351b70b2856f9f9ddf692945cddc5a7b22eef295a969c2889f86ea08335ef7061f44a
Homepage: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
Description: control display backlight controllers and LEDs
Description-md5: 94cdbe5b9d4697c2c1b631c904fa86d1