brightnessUI 1.2

A simple UI to change screen backlight for ubuntu

brightnessUI

Introduction

A simple UI to change screen backlight (brightness) for Ubuntu20.

Purpose: An alternative for those computers with system brightness slider not working. This UI changes the backlight by modifying /sys/class/backlight/xxx/brightness directly, where xxx differs according to your computer.

Install

• Method1 (From source)

git clone https://gitee.com/shu-peixuan/brightnessUI.git
cd brightnessUI/
./install.sh

• Method2 (From PyPI)

May NOT be updated:

pip3 install brightnessUI # from PyPI
brightness-ui-install # install desktop and application menu shortcuts

To uninstall:

pip3 uninstall brightnessUI
rm ~/Desktop/brightness-ui.desktop
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/brightness-ui.desktop

Usage

brightness-ui

Or click the desktop icon on the Desktop or Application Menu.

It is needed to allow launching for the desktop icon.

It is recommended to add the ui in the application menu to favorites.

Develop

Upload on PyPI:

sudo apt install twine -y
python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/*