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

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "hotswap-text" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall hotswap-text on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: hotswap-text
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 158
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), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Suggests: hotswap-gui
Breaks: hotswap (<< 0.4.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hotswap/hotswap-text_0.4.0-15_amd64.deb
Size: 22960
MD5sum: 23c63f355dbde3136e070ea5e34bb2fd
SHA1: 3dc00d4711d7058f1f2dd1f28d899fb934412a46
SHA256: cc2d0647a98304808a44bf911ca3675cfef08820a6336e624c3603654f415cb4
Description-en: (de)register hotswappable IDE hardware (command line tool)
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 command line tool.
Description-md5: bb5cbdf1d637d1356e6685d986c50fee
Homepage: http://timstadelmann.de/hotswap.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu