How To Install lcdproc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcdproc on Ubuntu 22.04. lcdproc is LCD display driver daemon and clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcdproc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is lcdproc

lcdproc is:

Lcdproc is a client/server suite including drivers for all kinds of nifty LCD displays. The server supports several serial devices: Matrix Orbital, Crystal Fontz, Bayrad, LB216, LCDM001 (kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI and PIC-an-LCD; and some devices connected to the LPT port: HD44780, STV5730, T6963, SED1520 and SED1330.

Various clients are available that display things like CPU load, system load, memory usage, uptime, and a lot more. Custom clients can be written using the simple client-server protocol and provided example code.

This package contains the LCD drivers which need no extra libraries to run. In the lcdproc-extra-drivers package some USB and VGA on-screen displays are also supported.

There are three methods to install lcdproc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lcdproc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lcdproc

Install lcdproc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lcdproc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lcdproc

Install lcdproc 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 lcdproc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lcdproc

How To Uninstall lcdproc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the lcdproc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lcdproc

Uninstall lcdproc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lcdproc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcdproc

Remove lcdproc Configurations and Data

To remove lcdproc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lcdproc

Remove lcdproc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcdproc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcdproc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.