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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "redshift" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install redshift on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall redshift on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: redshift
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 316
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.10-5ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libx11-6, libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.3), libxcb1, libxxf86vm1
Recommends: geoclue-2.0
Filename: pool/universe/r/redshift/redshift_1.10-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 57342
MD5sum: f9fc72bf503b0b3a7005be08bc6d150b
SHA1: 6ec1d58a8f673279f25102ead9c9f6c5019606a5
SHA256: 9e0513c5f0f47f25526eb016d8800acbda3423ce7d812184a48c7b8f0922ca53
Description-en: Adjusts the color temperature of your screen
The color temperature is set according to the position of the sun. A
different color temperature is set during night and daytime. During
twilight and early morning, the color temperature transitions smoothly
from night to daytime temperature to allow your eyes to slowly
adapt.
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This package provides the base program.
Description-md5: 63097b90fc4b0f93c181ccd92c47b673
Homepage: http://jonls.dk/redshift/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu