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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "numlockx" package

This guide let you learn how to install numlockx on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: numlockx
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michal Čihař
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Filename: pool/universe/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-7_amd64.deb
Size: 8142
MD5sum: 5c1586921cc33cb879b813894d42c4fa
SHA1: 5310b745676c952cef88ab7a74ebf0e34396ed3e
SHA256: e3031f91ca707eaebbf60e5c03e9ef75c445f98f87a2e1dec3732f2084b4f2a2
Description-en: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Utilities to enable the keyboard's Numeric Lock during X11
session initialization or using command line utility.
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The package automatically installs session script to enable numlock
on session start.
Description-md5: 443457451ab961060ec30ab3c8455978
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Homepage: http://home.kde.org/~seli/numlockx/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu