How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-blinklight Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "pidgin-blinklight" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pidgin-blinklight
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-blinklight" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pidgin-blinklight
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joachim Breitner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11.1-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), pidgin (<< 1:3.0), pidgin (>= 1:2.10)
Conflicts: pidgin (>= 1:3.0)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pidgin-blinklight/pidgin-blinklight_0.11.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 8562
MD5sum: 14c55fd07c3116afcd44a5d9ec08a283
SHA1: 807b4c9eafa46c06878cbd499552a7ddd311e76d
SHA256: 7983cf9a016d95d888ff5cb39be3b894286b943207954d059e8e45faeaf4ef91
Description-en: Blinks your ThinkPad's ThinkLight upon new messages
This plugin for Pidgin will blink your laptops when you get
new messages, so you notice them even if the conversation window is not up
front and you don't have or don't see the window list.
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To use this with an Thinkpad's ThinkLight, you need to have the ibm-acpi
kernel module loaded.
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To use this with an ASUS laptop, you need to have the asus_acpi kernel
module loaded.
Description-md5: 3328a03ef86cb629137d975a64d29dc9
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu