How to Install and Uninstall swaylock Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "swaylock" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install swaylock on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall swaylock on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                swaylock
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the swaylock package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: swaylock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 117
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/swaylock/swaylock_1.7.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 31332
MD5sum: da3ce644127bc687da806e002b9dc57b
SHA1: e1d5f617eb1a376dc5daea398e9a16c2493db99f
SHA256: 4ad57bf3f61c9e7218ee797eceae5a2b9d165a9ea1d220d9467c1b3567a256f6
SHA512: acc9a05644a68a572d619a2e520092f2e2e95bc9c7354d913609829090f3a8914dbed51c4c0437fd2345ad7beda6662a7107c51acb452f8b96084418ad696c23
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock
Description: Screen locker for Wayland
Description-md5: 3e3bd4348840e86c25f6a86685be2a0d