How To Install brightnessctl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install brightnessctl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is brightnessctl
brightnessctl is:
brightnessctl is a small utility to control the brightness of a screen’s backlight.
This package contains the brightnessctl utility itself.
There are three methods to install brightnessctl
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 brightnessctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install brightnessctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install brightnessctl
Install brightnessctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install brightnessctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install brightnessctl
Install brightnessctl 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 brightnessctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install brightnessctl
How To Uninstall brightnessctl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the brightnessctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove brightnessctl
Uninstall brightnessctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall brightnessctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove brightnessctl
Remove brightnessctl Configurations and Data
To remove brightnessctl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge brightnessctl
Remove brightnessctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove brightnessctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brightnessctl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install brightnessctl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.