How to Install and Uninstall xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04" package

This tutorial shows how to install xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04 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 xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6
Priority: extra
Section: x11
Source: xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 263
Provides: xorg-renamed-package, xorg-renamed-package-hwe-16.04, xserver-xorg-legacy
Depends: xserver-common, libc6 (>= 2.3.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: xserver-xorg-legacy
Breaks: x11-common (<< 1:7.7+10~), xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (<< 2:1.17.2-3~)
Replaces: x11-common (<< 1:7.7+10~), xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (<< 2:1.17.2-3~), xserver-xorg-legacy
Filename: pool/main/x/xorg-server-hwe-16.04/xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04_1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6_amd64.deb
Size: 35754
MD5sum: c228479b7b7382461fc9743a12929f94
SHA1: c833b97982406b3f5d450bc7e490ae6ae69d9371
SHA256: 8689b0487a56d369d353e5d62b42dd46dd4980a41006af696d9ff5e29c57faf2
SHA512: 2e1d561cc3870b3c04b5664cfbe293795ff513ed21998f1a2cc5400563f48bc28d1efc95db95cf6c5fdd5cc6060b3d24a6fd7b5b1f294eade141cb95a1a05837
Homepage: https://www.x.org/
Description-en: setuid root Xorg server wrapper
This package provides a wrapper for the Xorg X server, which is
necessary for legacy drivers and non-Linux kernels.
Description-md5: a49fa8443df84effdf1fd36e26ad0f94
Supported: 5y