How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

This tutorial shows how to install fprintd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.9-1~ubuntu20.04.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 656
Depends: dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.90.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_1.90.9-1~ubuntu20.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 80808
MD5sum: 5922243e4e7ecfb7c8f4b41ea50a8093
SHA1: ced16b9f45874f402c921331012a54b3cae46b1f
SHA256: b33a4b20612c5f29f3d0b0d74113430ca44598496d4c845cf34057af394caab3
SHA512: 0205de421087b00d01b0c6fca701dcbc5d1aab62deefab1b07d5965b6fe9ca2c63fcb2e843fd53c7990521eaa16316204174e4a080e1d9d409045dccbbb0082f
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.1-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 336
Depends: dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.90.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_1.90.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 40252
MD5sum: fb72fc4b5dd55e7df6a5c597e96f4af2
SHA1: d109136bc697d3fec0d4bb6969bdd4116d02e9c9
SHA256: 41558e1817cbc5da6be3a423e5e42afe06b9229ba3414b69e3dff8ad4edcf65c
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop