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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "sddm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sddm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall sddm 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 sddm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: sddm
Version: 0.19.0-5
Installed-Size: 1875
Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: adduser, qml-module-qtquick2, xauth, x11-common, xserver-xorg | xserver, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.8.0~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.8.0~), libqt5network5 (>= 5.8.0~), libqt5qml5 (>= 5.8.0~), libqt5quick5 (>= 5.8.0~) | libqt5quick5-gles (>= 5.8.0~), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libsystemd0, libxcb-xkb1, libxcb1
Recommends: libpam-systemd, sddm-theme-debian-breeze | sddm-theme
Suggests: libpam-kwallet5, qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Description: modern display manager for X11
Description-md5: 60d2ea934d7c99b8460547a3b6ef2196
Homepage: https://github.com/sddm/sddm
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::qt, use::login,
x11::application, x11::display-manager
Section: kde
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sddm/sddm_0.19.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 645908
MD5sum: 63e420ff774f12bbf987127e4ecf7883
SHA256: d84905c44ee551bb39383720fe02212bb95b7dcf840d7317adb970b585888199