How to Install and Uninstall hotswap-gui Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "hotswap-gui" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hotswap-gui
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hotswap-gui" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall hotswap-gui on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: hotswap-gui
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 137
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: hotswap
Version: 0.4.0-15
Replaces: hotswap (<< 0.4.0)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxm4 (>= 2.3.4), libxt6, hotswap-text
Breaks: hotswap (<< 0.4.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hotswap/hotswap-gui_0.4.0-15_amd64.deb
Size: 15370
MD5sum: 4ad36f935983eb9db28ffa35f5515b90
SHA1: 84ea958bfcab52dd5e685d4b36628e3f9903c4e1
SHA256: 54ac18aaff45281d45d5974539334232848f1f8cf64ea84904a16f2c6777bead
Description-en: (de)register hotswappable IDE hardware (GUI front-end)
Hotswap is a utility to register and deregister hotswappable IDE
hardware. It is written to be used on Laptops with some sort of
hardware bay to remove the module from the machine without rebooting
it. eg. Dell Laptops.
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Note that this utility is not required to insert or remove batteries
or floppy disk drives; only for IDE devices.
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This package includes the Motif front-end to the command line tool.
Description-md5: ca0f0aafd7862d14aab0d0b5702019c3
Homepage: http://timstadelmann.de/hotswap.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu