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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "rtkit" package

This tutorial shows how to install rtkit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: rtkit
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 135
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.11-4
Depends: adduser, libc6 (>= 2.8), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14)
Recommends: dbus, policykit-1
Filename: pool/main/r/rtkit/rtkit_0.11-4_amd64.deb
Size: 33366
MD5sum: f4aac0cf6aef3b858f49c7f934acea50
SHA1: 9ecbd5b2383db92fb6ddb3edf825ea7852d5b068
SHA256: f9622999eba6e3db1828bfb5cd5780f819f0feb9ea75c2e4969be554cdf153cf
Description-en: Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon
RealtimeKit is a D-Bus system service that changes the
scheduling policy of user processes/threads to SCHED_RR
(i.e. realtime scheduling mode) on request. It is intended to
be used as a secure mechanism to allow real-time scheduling to
be used by normal user processes.
Description-md5: 49d87b72431bed9d646487053d48658d
Homepage: http://0pointer.de/public/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop