How to Install and Uninstall libnotify4 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libnotify4" package

This tutorial shows how to install libnotify4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libnotify4

2. Uninstall "libnotify4" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libnotify4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libnotify4 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libnotify4 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libnotify4
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libnotify
Version: 0.7.6-2svn1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Recommends: notification-daemon
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnotify/libnotify4_0.7.6-2svn1_amd64.deb
Size: 17154
MD5sum: 4c6b0d3d866a0383e70e16f5cba9a070
SHA1: a41fc5bfbf2230e100d0bee1cfd648f972ec3ba4
SHA256: 3a37700dc47e8924254337d8d07bd4a7267dbe8baf4ad1d232e4c7e3e9693b04
Description-en: sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon
A library that sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as
defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be
used to inform the user about an event or display some form of
information without getting in the user's way.
.
This package contains the shared library. To actually display the
notifications, you need to install the package notification-daemon.
Description-md5: 2bdd88c4ab7ca8b05f288531dbf75e24
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop