How to Install and Uninstall unicode-screensaver Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "unicode-screensaver" package

This tutorial shows how to install unicode-screensaver on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unicode-screensaver
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unicode-screensaver" package

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


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

Package: unicode-screensaver
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 1059
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joachim Breitner
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6, libxt6
Recommends: xscreensaver | gnome-screensaver
Filename: pool/universe/u/unicode-screensaver/unicode-screensaver_0.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 149180
MD5sum: 91a7b5e29139b6d7cf8f59787242c381
SHA1: a2f8c905c0522024486a355295ee98879fa547e3
SHA256: dd4b89a743e9532566ee9fba72e7eaa6298f114ab8a586219b911683f4cfc97f
Description-en: screensaver displaying unicode characters
The unicode-screensaver is a simple screensaver application that repeatedly
randomly picks an unicode character and displays it in a very large font
size together with its unicode code point and the character name.
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It works with xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver.
Description-md5: 6d3fff6afb0f291848a27e15ca577754
Homepage: http://www.joachim-breitner.de/projects#unicode-screensaver
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu