How to Install and Uninstall brltty Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "brltty" package

This tutorial shows how to install brltty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall brltty on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: brltty
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7072
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.17), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libsystemd0, libtinfo5 (>= 6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1109270
MD5sum: d3b0ba473243acf12aaecd4340f86162
SHA1: 3cf719416fd121359bed11a08eb006816264db14
SHA256: 8b19236e70e470ce17027f9340632474d652a96ab633ce66b73e380f57a5eb3c
SHA512: a083362de6e6a5a859d8977360256b47f52cfbda320162127efa3cb5f6916eb7ea53503fbfd12071567e6c43df57268f38611d37d36855dd313d95037c49db6d
Homepage: http://mielke.cc/brltty/
Description-en: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode)
for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille
display and provides complete screen review functionality.
The following display models are supported:
* Alva/Optelec (ABT3xx, Delphi, Satellite, Braille System 40, BC 640/680)
* Baum
* BrailComm
* BrailleLite
* BrailleNote
* Cebra
* EcoBraille
* EuroBraille (AzerBraille, Clio, Esys, Iris, NoteBraille, Scriba)
* Freedom Scientific (Focus and PacMate)
* Handy Tech
* HIMS (Braille Sense, SyncBraille)
* HumanWare (Brailliant)
* Iris
* LogText 32
* MDV
* Metec (BD-40)
* NinePoint
* Papenmeier
* Pegasus
* Seika
* Tieman (Voyager, CombiBraille, MiniBraille, MultiBraille,
BraillePen/EasyLink)
* Tivomatic (Albatross)
* TSI (Navigator, PowerBraille)
* VideoBraille
* VisioBraille
.
BRLTTY also provides a client/server based infrastructure for applications
wishing to utilize a Braille display. The daemon process listens for incoming
TCP/IP connections on a certain port. A shared object library for clients is
provided in the package libbrlapi0.6. A static library, header files and
documentation is provided in package libbrlapi-dev. Bindings to other
programming languages can be found in libbrlapi-java (Java) and
python3-brlapi (Python).
Description-md5: a37f99c1cd1793507aa1485689256c9f
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: brltty
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 7056
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Accessibility Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.3.1-2ubuntu2
Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.17), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libsystemd0, libtinfo5 (>= 6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
Recommends: python3
Suggests: brltty-speechd, brltty-x11, console-braille
Breaks: udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/main/b/brltty/brltty_5.3.1-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1104684
MD5sum: ec38d2620e893a1475ae7f62b924b0f9
SHA1: 05e06ab2ec7a9dee154cd8d4a575a861a4f6aeb1
SHA256: 932b1004d66cbc3ab2731fe5a9f65540d100aadff4fc627c228fbc61762245d1
Description-en: Access software for a blind person using a braille display
BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode)
for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille
display and provides complete screen review functionality.
The following display models are supported:
* Alva/Optelec (ABT3xx, Delphi, Satellite, Braille System 40, BC 640/680)
* Baum
* BrailComm
* BrailleLite
* BrailleNote
* Cebra
* EcoBraille
* EuroBraille (AzerBraille, Clio, Esys, Iris, NoteBraille, Scriba)
* Freedom Scientific (Focus and PacMate)
* Handy Tech
* HIMS (Braille Sense, SyncBraille)
* HumanWare (Brailliant)
* Iris
* LogText 32
* MDV
* Metec (BD-40)
* NinePoint
* Papenmeier
* Pegasus
* Seika
* Tieman (Voyager, CombiBraille, MiniBraille, MultiBraille,
BraillePen/EasyLink)
* Tivomatic (Albatross)
* TSI (Navigator, PowerBraille)
* VideoBraille
* VisioBraille
.
BRLTTY also provides a client/server based infrastructure for applications
wishing to utilize a Braille display. The daemon process listens for incoming
TCP/IP connections on a certain port. A shared object library for clients is
provided in the package libbrlapi0.6. A static library, header files and
documentation is provided in package libbrlapi-dev. Bindings to other
programming languages can be found in libbrlapi-java (Java) and
python3-brlapi (Python).
Description-md5: a37f99c1cd1793507aa1485689256c9f
Homepage: http://mielke.cc/brltty/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop