How to Install and Uninstall slick-greeter Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "slick-greeter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install slick-greeter on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                slick-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "slick-greeter" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall slick-greeter on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                slick-greeter
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the slick-greeter package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: slick-greeter
Version: 1.5.6+una
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Linux Mint
Installed-Size: 1715
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.4), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.15.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6, lightdm, python3
Suggests: lightdm-remote-session-freerdp, lightdm-remote-session-uccsconfigure, remote-login-service
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Homepage: https://github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Filename: pool/backport/s/slick-greeter/slick-greeter_1.5.6+una_amd64.deb
Size: 286028
SHA256: 54104daf86b5d87f7b87631401f17539c7748c189f3494543f14a75dd5bcdd1c
SHA1: 58e1cadc90de16241e4f8161b7f01d53f172fd61
MD5sum: 635ceac32d163347628e6b606887c13c
Description: Slick-looking LightDM greeter
Slick-Greeter is cross-distribution and should work pretty much
anywhere.
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All panel applets are embedded. No external indicators are launched or
loaded by the greeter.
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No settings daemon are launched or loaded by the greeter.
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This greeter supports HiDPI.
.
Sessions are validated. If a default/chosen session isn't present on
the system, the greeter scans for known sessions in
/usr/share/xsessions and replaces the invalid session choice with a
valid session.
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You can take a screenshot by pressing PrintScrn. The screenshot is
saved in /var/lib/lightdm/Screenshot.png.
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Slick Greeter started as a fork of Unity Greeter 16.04.2, a greeter
developed for Ubuntu by Canonical, which used indicators and
unity-settings-daemon.
Description-md5: 1b898635a7480341858661901fe71d2a

Package: slick-greeter
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.2+dfsg.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: David Mohammed
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1385
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: lightdm, python3, python3-gi, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.4), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.15.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6
Filename: pool/universe/s/slick-greeter/slick-greeter_1.3.2+dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 270556
MD5sum: 11739d03e267283a41048b739fc48911
SHA1: cf9094150327fdf65336f260de81d201248dd924
SHA256: 943fc7d279172a7929dd85f3af221ff903dcc187edc5fad0ec35f08475ee9c9d
Homepage: https://github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter
Description: Slick-looking LightDM greeter
Slick-Greeter is cross-distribution and should work pretty much
anywhere.
.
All panel applets are embedded. No external indicators are launched or
loaded by the greeter.
.
No settings daemon are launched or loaded by the greeter.
.
This greeter supports HiDPI.
.
Sessions are validated. If a default/chosen session isn't present on
the system, the greeter scans for known sessions in
/usr/share/xsessions and replaces the invalid session choice with a
valid session.
.
You can take a screenshot by pressing PrintScrn. The screenshot is
saved in /var/lib/lightdm/Screenshot.png.
.
Slick Greeter started as a fork of Unity Greeter 16.04.2, a greeter
developed for Ubuntu by Canonical, which used indicators and
unity-settings-daemon.
Description-md5: 1b898635a7480341858661901fe71d2a
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop