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

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "ticker" package

This is a short guide on how to install ticker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ticker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ticker
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.11
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)
Recommends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/t/ticker/ticker_1.11_amd64.deb
Size: 9276
MD5sum: 42a5e691e1f6e6ac0fb2c916be776dc9
SHA1: 0924d3b2d2d663c5ef814f304b220e30bcddff32
SHA256: 7f34035755a3628dc6537a07087f0623dbdb12a94c16ca8d9b158b4884257735
Description-en: configurable text scroller
Ticker is a simple program to scroll text across a line of the display, in
a manner similar to a stock ticker. In fact, since ticker supports
communicating with a program that changes the text periodically, it could
be used to implement a stock ticker.
Description-md5: 3d688ea1e77830fc9e4757869996104c
Homepage: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/ticker/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu