How to Install and Uninstall unity-greeter Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "unity-greeter" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install unity-greeter on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unity-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unity-greeter" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall unity-greeter on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unity-greeter
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unity-greeter package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: unity-greeter
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.04.0+20.04.20200312-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 688
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.16.2), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 13.10.0daily13.06.19), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.15.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6, systemd, unity-settings-daemon (>= 15.04.1+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu3), unity-settings-daemon-schemas (>= 15.04.1+19.10.20190921-0ubuntu3)
Recommends: indicator-application, indicator-datetime, indicator-keyboard, indicator-power, indicator-session, indicator-sound, network-manager-gnome
Suggests: lightdm (>= 1.20.0-0ubuntu2~)
Breaks: edubuntu-artwork (<< 12.01.1~)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity-greeter/unity-greeter_18.04.0+20.04.20200312-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 152888
MD5sum: 9ea2830c9799e975983b5315aefb17b2
SHA1: 157b1f75146ff80b29a28b98335774d1e10f622b
SHA256: f9abb8de1cb46ad1dfbda2d8f7f809fff47653759e4ff887e595c9ff22f8f557
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity-greeter
Description: Unity Greeter
Description-md5: 9877c73111a0ce6340336dbc65020a9e