How to Install and Uninstall unity-greeter Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "unity-greeter" package

This is a short guide on how to install unity-greeter on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install unity-greeter

2. Uninstall "unity-greeter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall unity-greeter on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):

$ sudo apt remove unity-greeter $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the unity-greeter package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: unity-greeter
Architecture: amd64
Version: 22.04.1-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 660
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.16.2), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 13.10.0daily13.06.19), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.15.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6, systemd, unity-settings-daemon (>= 15.04.1+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu3), unity-settings-daemon-schemas (>= 15.04.1+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu3)
Recommends: indicator-application, indicator-datetime, indicator-keyboard, indicator-power, indicator-session, indicator-sound, network-manager-gnome
Suggests: lightdm (>= 1.20.0-0ubuntu2~)
Breaks: edubuntu-artwork (<< 12.01.1~)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity-greeter/unity-greeter_22.04.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 164086
MD5sum: 61e8eda4d54f12c938cfae800b06267f
SHA1: 1510a4d2ef67f43b858de9b0751c90cefe741390
SHA256: 96ebfab9f0f9dc246046b13a331440c9aa08ed880a0d2440cb2d6f8b73e1b3a0
SHA512: 50c1dcf50e8cab1059f7fac2d29db63588847baead37bbbecda454257aa535d974322f30eab6500a6f0b73e1777af2df605f456bbac6bb48cd849e8f56e46be1
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity-greeter
Description: Unity Greeter
Description-md5: 9877c73111a0ce6340336dbc65020a9e