How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fprintd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fprintd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fprintd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall fprintd on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fprintd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fprintd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: fprintd
Version: 0.8.1-1
Installed-Size: 653
Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libfprint0 (>= 1:0.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), dbus, policykit-1
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_0.8.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 63244
MD5sum: f7f800fecfad878d31a9645b1272899a
SHA256: da5682b4c6bdf2fa456b0dfa24abe111bea63a7af18994a5964028ac98e84f60