How to Install and Uninstall xscreensaver-gl Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the xscreensaver-gl 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 "xscreensaver-gl" package

This guide let you learn how to install xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xscreensaver-gl" package

Learn how to uninstall xscreensaver-gl 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 xscreensaver-gl package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xscreensaver-gl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.45+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Source: xscreensaver
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11024
Depends: libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.33), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6, libxt6
Suggests: xscreensaver
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.45+dfsg1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3000184
MD5sum: ced5b025b8686528ade9ced5c8185d01
SHA1: 83ac5f0520f1389a39dc3da5e4f6db1846401b87
SHA256: 12aa8c09a9e7df2d2760e8ddc358faafeeeeeeb2463745fd1b8b6b618221f3df
SHA512: 27dcc7bafe263e484226f70e0bc03fdbd88851fc7b0274d788923c10850afb8a29c7e15309bd6c746661d8438cd8f6149efd06b67c4912bd0355ca9acc76615b
Homepage: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Description: GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
Description-md5: e34621effb5547af2e55f76069aa4dc9
Task: lubuntu-desktop