How to Install and Uninstall gdm3 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "gdm3" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gdm3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gdm3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gdm3" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gdm3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gdm3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gdm3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: gdm3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.6
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1776
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.37), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgdm1 (= 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.5.9), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsystemd0, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), libx11-6, libxau6, libxcb1, libxdmcp6, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.6), adduser, bash (>= 4.3), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), libpam-systemd, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.10), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.24), gnome-shell (>= 3.19.92), gnome-session | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), librsvg2-common, accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), policykit-1 (>= 0.105-5~), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), ucf, x11-common (>= 1:7.6+11), x11-xserver-utils
Recommends: zenity, xserver-xephyr, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xorg, at-spi2-core
Suggests: libpam-gnome-keyring, gnome-orca, libpam-fprintd (>= 0.8.0-2)
Breaks: xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.17.2-2~)
Filename: pool/main/g/gdm3/gdm3_3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.6_amd64.deb
Size: 268300
MD5sum: d458c4c6cbb77e629823de4a188aec42
SHA1: 43895d1c4866f52607c2e1a4b744ea2905d41554
SHA256: c2560b3f17aa3ddde7b7ab4d942e2266882f2abfacc4ab189478c61b0c36af2e
SHA512: 39e6d7f65d0170c72b72eb931d0511bc6426a3eac0144e70d06fab32a0172032a0379b218a02239a2921c15cdefc1e2ab68af65778e201fe6195a7aa77b51336
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Task: ubuntu-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: gdm3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.28.0-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1760
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.37), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgdm1 (= 3.28.0-0ubuntu1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.5.9), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsystemd0, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), libx11-6, libxau6, libxcb1, libxdmcp6, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 3.28.0-0ubuntu1), adduser, bash (>= 4.3), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), libpam-systemd, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.10), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.24), gnome-shell (>= 3.19.92), gnome-session | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), librsvg2-common, accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), policykit-1 (>= 0.105-5~), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), ucf, x11-common (>= 1:7.6+11), x11-xserver-utils
Recommends: zenity, xserver-xephyr, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xorg, at-spi2-core
Suggests: libpam-gnome-keyring, gnome-orca, libpam-fprintd (>= 0.8.0-2)
Breaks: xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.17.2-2~)
Filename: pool/main/g/gdm3/gdm3_3.28.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 266516
MD5sum: 1e770db7a0024d390aaee61ae39debb7
SHA1: 46c37535a2fd114efe61c8812175390ce8a9258c
SHA256: bd39c082d0eafbba66f700a3e657747f49570c3525ef978dd5c7a6dbb86aeb2d
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Task: ubuntu-desktop
Supported: 5y