How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

This is a short guide on how to install fprintd on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: fprintd
Version: 1.90.9-1
Installed-Size: 971
Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.90.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
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_1.90.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 108612
MD5sum: 1c2029d29cdd8333247717e0f82efdcc
SHA256: 1179146450f2bc7c957a53de6b6a6882ddee14e3876ef70a69a32243efc66ab0