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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver-gl" package

Please follow the steps below to install xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xscreensaver-gl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xscreensaver-gl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xscreensaver-gl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xscreensaver-gl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 7728
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Architecture: amd64
Source: xscreensaver
Version: 5.34-2ubuntu1
Replaces: xscreensaver-data (<< 5.10-3), xscreensaver-gl-extra (<< 5.26-1ubuntu1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxmu6, libxt6
Suggests: xscreensaver
Breaks: gnome-screensaver (<< 2.26), kscreensaver-xsaver (<= 4:4.2.4-1), xscreensaver (<< 5.04-3), xscreensaver-gl-extra (<< 5.26-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.34-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1178764
MD5sum: e5f69f924472a8b235b8f223544b2163
SHA1: 96beb92dbf2137372a6e834fd063500ae267d7ec
SHA256: ebc10a44df6c96b2bbf9baa8f3fb3ebae7fbb7ee7a12127b3d0d2dd9d5cc9af4
Description-en: GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11,
containing more than 200 screen savers.
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This package contains a small selection of 3D (OpenGL) screen
saver modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package is
used by both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver.
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This is the set of GL screensavers shipped by default:
antinspect, antspotlight, atunnel, blinkbox, bubble3d, circuit,
cityring, cubestorm, endgame, engine, flipflop, flipscreen3d,
flyingtoasters, gears, geodesic, geodesicgears, gflux, glblur, glcells,
gleidescope, glknots, glmatrix, glschool, glslideshow, glsnake, gltext,
hypertorus, jigglypuff, kaleidocycle, lavalite, lockward, mirrorblob,
moebius, moebiusgears, molecule, morph3d, pipes, polyhedra, polytopes,
projectiveplane, pulsar, quasicrystal, queens, romanboy, sierpinski3d,
sonar, spheremonics, splitflap, stonerview, superquadrics, topblock,
voronoi, winduprobot.
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More display modes can be found in the xscreensaver-data,
xscreensaver-data-extra and xscreensaver-gl-extra packages.
Description-md5: 7eb1b8ac0bc943f479569377f57193b0
Homepage: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu