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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "lightspark" package

Please follow the guidance below to install lightspark on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: lightspark
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 688
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Flash Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.2+git20150512-2build4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.46.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.2.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, lightspark-common (= 0.7.2+git20150512-2build4)
Recommends: gnash
Filename: pool/universe/l/lightspark/lightspark_0.7.2+git20150512-2build4_amd64.deb
Size: 94578
MD5sum: 6a518f6e391a9f90325e17476a42d617
SHA1: ec710638430156583975a9b53125ec848eb48c56
SHA256: 04b5a4f0f687974ee775a973433a79cd59465bc5cc4d8a0e80008bba58a15774
Description-en: High-performance SWF player (experimental)
Lightspark is a free Flash player for Linux which aims for high-performance
by using modern technologies such as JIT compilation and OpenGL shaders.
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The project is currently in an alpha status and provides the standalone
player and browser plugin for testing purposes only.
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Nice features:
* JIT compilation of ActionScript to native x86 bytecode
* Hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL shaders (GLSL)
* Aims to support current-generation ActionScript 3
* A new, clean, codebase exploiting multithreading and optimized for modern
hardware. Designed from scratch after the official Flash documentation was
released.
Description-md5: 040035cc9777a1687d52ae86b3265fd1
Homepage: http://lightspark.github.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu