How to Install and Uninstall lightdm Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lightdm" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lightdm on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                lightdm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lightdm" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall lightdm on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                lightdm
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lightdm package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package lightdm:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : lightdm
Version : 1.32.0-2.5
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 375.1 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : lightdm-1.32.0-2.5.src
Upstream URL : https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM
Summary : Lightweight, Cross-desktop Display Manager
Description :
LightDM is a lightweight, cross-desktop display manager. Its main
features are a well-defined greeter API allowing multiple GUIs,
support for all display manager use cases, with plugins where
appropriate, low code complexity, and fast performance. Due to its
cross-platform nature greeters can be written in several toolkits
such as Qt and GTK+.