How to Install and Uninstall lightdm-autologin-greeter Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "lightdm-autologin-greeter" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install lightdm-autologin-greeter on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lightdm-autologin-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lightdm-autologin-greeter" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lightdm-autologin-greeter on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lightdm-autologin-greeter
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lightdm-autologin-greeter package on Kali Linux

Package: lightdm-autologin-greeter
Version: 1.0-5
Installed-Size: 26
Maintainer: Debian Edu Packaging Team
Architecture: all
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: python3, lightdm, python3-gi, liblightdm-gobject-1-0, gir1.2-lightdm-1
Size: 5448
SHA256: d9c0d9430ee1dd9e9f3aa3f9b72470ce42f0edc66286f07cd950e3d3b1106330
SHA1: 66eb9c24eb3e52c6656ddd047f39490a3872cf82
MD5sum: b2d49e1fe0bde9ec6295e3f0b7b11c59
Description: Autologin greeter for LightDM
Minimal autologin greeter for LightDM that has the same auto-login
behaviour as nodm, but being based on LightDM it stays on top of modern
display manager requirements.
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The difference between LightDM's built-in auto-login and this greeter,
are the behaviour in case of 0-seconds autologin delay: when LightDM
autologs in with no delay, upon logout it will show the login window
again. The intent is that, if the default user logged out, they probably
intend to log in again as a different user.
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When managing a kiosk-like setups, once the X session quits, the
desired behaviour is to just start it again.
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LightDM with an auto-login timeout of 1 or more seconds would work as
needed, but one sees the login dialog window appear and disappear on
screen at each system startup. While it is functional, on a kiosk setup
this is aesthetically unprofessional.
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With this greeter, the X session starts right away, and is restarted if
it quits, without any flicker of a login dialog.
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If one is not setting up a kiosk-like setup, it's very likely that the
default auto-login behaviour of LightDM is the way to go, and that this
greeter is not needed.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/spanezz/lightdm-autologin-greeter
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lightdm-autologin-greeter/lightdm-autologin-greeter_1.0-5_all.deb