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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "radeontool" package

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


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

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


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

Package: radeontool
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 269
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpciaccess0 (>= 0.8.0+git20071002)
Filename: pool/universe/r/radeontool/radeontool_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 63142
MD5sum: 14c4b07410fe4577a920bfc52c9b3af5
SHA1: 577b4ff1fa27924cf3e245abc096550d628c0ebf
SHA256: 7bcd5926feed240c69a4960df2c7887a2ba71c2797a4814651907ac7fa53249a
Description-en: utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops
Radeontool is a small utility to control ATI Radeon based laptops' backlight
and external output functions. It is also able to dump the contents of
registers for debugging purposes.
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WARNING: Radeontool code has not been completely audited and may contain bugs
that could damage your hardware. Use at your own risk.
Description-md5: 9dab5a1be3d1bdd33ce8c52abf042cd3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu