How to Install and Uninstall read-edid Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "read-edid" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                read-edid
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "read-edid" package

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


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

Package: read-edid
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx86-1 (>= 0.99-1)
Filename: pool/universe/r/read-edid/read-edid_3.0.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 18634
MD5sum: 9e11b00f8c1bf8f7252451c7ff6b7de9
SHA1: 5fc233fb7b9fb6a02d40a942ad476172dba2829c
SHA256: 4e839c9b10b6d307ba211e72b770f18b157a7dcc6709cd568480431706b9f5d1
Description-en: hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
read-edid consists of two tools:
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get-edid uses a VESA VBE 2 interrupt service routine request to read
a 128 byte EDID version 1 structure from your graphics card, which
retrieves this information from the monitor via the Data Display
Channel (DDC).
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get-edid uses architecture-specific methods for querying the video
hardware (real-mode x86 instructions on i386, Open Firmware device
tree parsing on PowerMac) and is therefore only available for i386 and
powerpc architectures.
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parse-edid parses this data structure and outputs data suitable for
inclusion into the XFree86 or X.org configuration file. It is available
for any architecture.
Description-md5: 47a6a60c061631811f9635c58782eaf5
Homepage: http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu