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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "colortest" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install colortest on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall colortest on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: colortest
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jari Aalto
Architecture: all
Version: 20110624-4
Depends: perl (>= 5), bash (>= 3)
Filename: pool/universe/c/colortest/colortest_20110624-4_all.deb
Size: 12388
MD5sum: 86f54f6b8e623f1cf4385b2225847052
SHA1: 41a69b21ab3bbb1d8234cf68926eb59ac0e43038
SHA256: cf0fd5a26da688e02eb544f767bf151f59ac88f364f5d0e93569fdc88b68fce5
Description-en: utilities to test color capabilities of terminal
Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2
different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even
256 colors.
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The colortest package includes set of utilities to help test how many
colors a terminal can show. These color settings depend on the $TERM
environment variable and termcap entry and by adjusting or selecting
correct values, higher colors may be available. The following numbers
of colors can be tested for: 8, 16 and 256 colors.
Description-md5: 647a898b4902a7de25527f16b9567465
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1349
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu