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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "nitrogen" package

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


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

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


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

Package: nitrogen
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 400
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nico Golde
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.2-2build1
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.22.1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.44.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 1:2.24.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.36.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.2.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxinerama1
Filename: pool/universe/n/nitrogen/nitrogen_1.5.2-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 132110
MD5sum: 35dee317156d812ae9994a126b70ee17
SHA1: 4692265b399d3334defcaad2b0ed5625aa9f7127
SHA256: 78d5ef5bd1a7f96128a133b9bda437f9692db0db4b25c9fd78f654850d233fd0
Description-en: wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
nitrogen is a graphical wallpaper utility that can be used in two
modes, browser and recall.
Some of the things to look for in nitrogen are:
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* Multihead and Xinerama support (setting
different wallpapers for each monitor)
* Recall mode to restore wallpapers via startup script
* Uses freedesktop.org standard for thumbnails
* Can set GNOME background
* Command line set modes for script usage
* Inotify monitoring of browsed directories
Description-md5: dfb4721faa07fe523b31acbc55241be1
Homepage: http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu