How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fprintd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Learn how to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fprintd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fprintd package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.8.0-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 613
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libfprint0 (>= 1:0.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), dbus, policykit-1
Filename: pool/universe/f/fprintd/fprintd_0.8.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 61556
MD5sum: 0a9893e4907adc3a7bc64c56f358e7be
SHA1: 2041b2740e60e04001f53d272b7d32a35b646dfe
SHA256: efdeef4edbb78d6d265eb1e974609f3a7148d293c42854f7b39b84a7ad3818e8
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192