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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lightdm" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lightdm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lightdm" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall lightdm on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lightdm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lightdm
Version: 1.26.0-8
Installed-Size: 836
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: adduser, dbus, libpam-systemd | logind, lightdm-gtk-greeter | lightdm-greeter, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.9.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libxcb1, libxdmcp6
Recommends: xserver-xorg
Suggests: accountsservice, upower, xserver-xephyr
Description: simple display manager
Description-md5: ae12e7dfa730e4fc1223ec3527168706
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/lightdm
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.26.0-8_amd64.deb
Size: 174072
MD5sum: fbc7876540127c0f843daedbabef3ff6
SHA256: bd3030b5eb3c899486c1cd603f59352d36e30553b36ee696f14d2fc5209ca629