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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "xserver-xorg-video-openchrome" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xserver-xorg-video-openchrome" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xserver-xorg-video-openchrome on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 504
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.3.3+git20160310-1
Provides: xorg-driver-video
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdrm2 (>= 2.3.1), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxv1, libxvmc1, xorg-video-abi-20, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.17.99.902)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.3.3+git20160310-1_amd64.deb
Size: 139284
MD5sum: faa9e0c2be87388bcb5a07294aa634c7
SHA1: dd4cc25c2d93eff188f2fb04172ded2e9e462fb4
SHA256: 2e2cedf65adb278f0a6aae8f015e0a21672ea23be23827cb5c947c3ef1f8b58f
Description-en: X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
OpenChrome is a project for the development of free and open-source drivers
for the VIA UniChrome video chipsets.
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Originally called the 'snapshot' release, since it was a snapshot of an
experimental branch of the unichrome cvs code, this is a continued development
of the open source unichrome driver (from http://unichrome.sf.net) which
also incorporates support for the unichrome-pro chipsets.
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Support for hardware acceleration (XvMC) for all chipsets has subsequently
been ripped out of the unichrome.sf.net driver. Therefore your only option if
you wish to make use of the acceleration features of your VIA chip with free
and open-source drivers is to use this version of the driver.
Description-md5: 11d4a7275218ad33ccc6479463963d83
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Openchrome/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m