How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install fprintd on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall fprintd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: fprintd
Version: 1.94.2-3
Installed-Size: 1040
Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dbus, polkitd, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.94.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Size: 120040
SHA256: 6b056dc5c28d054ecde86174536ee5571a24f5230afc176cda268d10f2895f47
SHA1: 9a706cb76a82d3ba1b5ec16ba98c4fc05a51b548
MD5sum: bef05c57b199bfda2000cef8c967fe50
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the
D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above
libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously
competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_1.94.2-3_amd64.deb