How To Install fglrx-pxpress on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fglrx-pxpress on Ubuntu 20.04. fglrx-pxpress is transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fglrx-pxpress on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is fglrx-pxpress

fglrx-pxpress is:

This is a transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common. You can remove it after upgrading.

Package: fglrx-pxpress Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:0.8.1 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: ubuntu-drivers-common Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30 Depends: ubuntu-drivers-common Filename: pool/main/u/ubuntu-drivers-common/fglrx-pxpress_0.8.1_amd64.deb Size: 1388 MD5sum: 2597baace15db344a22f8554cd5e709e SHA1: d70b10bda6d5443250e3d58eca8073cd5859b007 SHA256: 36e5d192d6bb7918d0611a13c1789b658bf911a700404d4958dcab47900f9996 Description-en: transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common This is a transitional package for ubuntu-drivers-common. You can remove it after upgrading.

There are three methods to install fglrx-pxpress on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fglrx-pxpress Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fglrx-pxpress using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fglrx-pxpress

Install fglrx-pxpress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fglrx-pxpress using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fglrx-pxpress

Install fglrx-pxpress Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fglrx-pxpress using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fglrx-pxpress

How To Uninstall fglrx-pxpress on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the fglrx-pxpress package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fglrx-pxpress

Uninstall fglrx-pxpress And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fglrx-pxpress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fglrx-pxpress

Remove fglrx-pxpress Configurations and Data

To remove fglrx-pxpress configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fglrx-pxpress

Remove fglrx-pxpress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fglrx-pxpress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fglrx-pxpress

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fglrx-pxpress package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.