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

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "colorname" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install colorname on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall colorname on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                colorname
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colorname package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: colorname
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: David Paleino
Architecture: all
Version: 0.4+dfsg.1-3
Depends: python, python-gtk2 (>= 2.10)
Recommends: python-gnome2 (>= 2.18)
Filename: pool/universe/c/colorname/colorname_0.4+dfsg.1-3_all.deb
Size: 22830
MD5sum: 6c35f7b04a24767fe5dccb4f82a3379d
SHA1: 46320be6cc8aa7ded564ab5541d2ed82763fc58a
SHA256: 67e08b3c560f64ab2e87828f78aec63d8b4eabb1a7d5d87ea0081b244e11109c
Description-en: utility to associate a name to a color
colorname tries to assign a name to a color using external color
definitions and a little math.
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For this it calculates the Euclidean distance between the currently
selected color and all predefined colors, either in the YIQ, RGB or
HSV color space.
Description-md5: 4d59addd24b098352d40e239464edfa2
Homepage: http://code.foosel.org/colorname
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu