How to Install and Uninstall xscreensaver-data Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver-data" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install xscreensaver-data

2. Uninstall "xscreensaver-data" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xscreensaver-data on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove xscreensaver-data $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the xscreensaver-data package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xscreensaver-data
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 1540
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Architecture: amd64
Source: xscreensaver
Version: 5.34-2ubuntu1
Replaces: gnome-screensaver (<< 2.15.4-0ubuntu1), xscreensaver (<< 5.04-3), xscreensaver-data-extra (<< 5.26-1ubuntu1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxmu6, libxt6, libwww-perl
Suggests: xscreensaver
Breaks: gnome-screensaver (<< 2.26), kscreensaver-xsaver (<= 4:4.2.4-1), xscreensaver (<< 5.04-3), xscreensaver-data-extra (<< 5.26-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data_5.34-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 295334
MD5sum: 21acd66455801043d11384c0a6ca865b
SHA1: 526baeb6e361f2688fa8e655150c7db223cf695f
SHA256: 2cc733f6925ac1e5aa33edc973c1e7f837c77276b18c30d1afbdb7143f049386
Description-en: Screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11,
containing more than 200 screen savers.
.
This package contains a small selection of graphical screen saver
modules (listed below) from the xscreensaver collection. This package
is used by both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver.
.
This is the selected set of non-GL screensavers shipped by default:
abstractile, binaryring, cwaves, deco, distort, fiberlamp, fuzzyflakes,
galaxy, hexadrop, m6502, metaballs, penrose, ripples, shadebobs,
slidescreen, swirl, tessellimage, xlyap.
.
More display modes can be found in xscreensaver-data-extra, xscreensaver-gl
and xscreensaver-gl-extra packages.
Description-md5: b7ffffdabe552093bb874902a4574f53
Homepage: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core