How to Install and Uninstall gdm3 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "gdm3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gdm3 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gdm3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gdm3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gdm3 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gdm3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gdm3 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gdm3
Version: 3.30.2-3
Installed-Size: 4791
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), adduser, dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 3.30.2-3), gnome-session | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.10), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.24), gnome-shell (>= 3.19.92), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libgdm1 (= 3.30.2-3), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), libpam-systemd, librsvg2-common, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1 (>= 0.105-5~), procps, ucf, x11-common (>= 1:7.6+11), x11-xserver-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.37), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.44.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.5.9), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsystemd0, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), libx11-6, libxau6, libxcb1, libxdmcp6
Recommends: at-spi2-core, desktop-base (>= 6), x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xephyr, xserver-xorg, zenity
Suggests: gnome-orca, libpam-fprintd (>= 0.8.0-2), libpam-gnome-keyring
Breaks: pulseaudio (<< 11.1-2), xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.17.2-2~)
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Tag: admin::login, implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, security::authentication,
suite::gnome, uitoolkit::gtk, use::login, x11::display-manager
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gdm3/gdm3_3.30.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 688700
MD5sum: 539e4cf0c398950061affba587b0b6d3
SHA256: 8cfe10fa76037d0635212ee83f90687771d638933315616c2ade5975d7160ac4