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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "fbi" package

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


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

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


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

Package: fbi
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Installed-Size: 141
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Moritz Muehlenhoff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), ghostscript
Suggests: imagemagick
Filename: pool/universe/f/fbi/fbi_2.10-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 54354
MD5sum: b21f8a959bbbacd8b46e4add314769f8
SHA1: aa307ee0d1e8565905c9154f613c16e9ef678a56
SHA256: 2d6947e896575172f0e9303701b136cd25a5505d758ed013665cc21e05ff4ca8
Description-en: Linux frame buffer image viewer
This is an image viewer for Linux frame buffer devices. It has
built-in support for a number of common image file formats. For
unknown files, it tries to use convert from the ImageMagick package
as an external converter.
It also includes fbgs, a Postscript and PDF viewer.
Description-md5: 75d3355ebe00d0a91b591363b1bb7a26
Homepage: https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu