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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "xbacklight" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xbacklight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall xbacklight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xbacklight
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.1), libxcb-util1 (>= 0.4.0), libxcb1
Filename: pool/universe/x/xbacklight/xbacklight_1.2.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 8200
MD5sum: 1873b0fd80cb051ef5d648048ac6eaf8
SHA1: 3452ed38becaf08eb140e610232eb6b0c6a496b4
SHA256: d5e831e269c7ca4f60a2879311644cc86beb84613de660dedf13733a96a4d227
Description-en: simple utility to set the backlight level
xbacklight is a simple command-line utility to set the backlight level
using the RandR 1.2 Backlight output property.
Description-md5: ee1583980cceaf891cd733578507adf6
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: lubuntu-core