How to Install and Uninstall gdm3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 30,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gdm3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gdm3" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gdm3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gdm3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gdm3
Version: 43.0-3
Installed-Size: 5547
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), dbus-bin | systemd-sysv, dbus-daemon, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, default-logind | logind, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 43.0-3), gnome-session | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.37.0), gnome-session-common (>= 3.37.0-2~), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.37.0), gnome-shell (>= 3.37.90), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libgdm1 (= 43.0-3), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), librsvg2-common, polkitd, procps, ucf, x11-common (>= 1:7.6+11), x11-xserver-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.55), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.68.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 232), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.5.9), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsystemd0, libx11-6, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcb1, libxdmcp6
Recommends: at-spi2-core, desktop-base (>= 10.0.0), gnome-session | x-session-manager, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xephyr, xserver-xorg, zenity
Suggests: orca, libpam-fprintd (>= 0.8.0-2), libpam-sss (>= 2.3.0-1), libpam-pkcs11, libpam-gnome-keyring
Breaks: pulseaudio (<< 11.1-2), xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.17.2-2~)
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM/
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_43.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 743592
MD5sum: a48f684aa96eb2d4e98e36baf6258175
SHA256: 3ec89ace5d42a15887de413389090bd426d096668d0deb62dd64db8a057d4f9d