How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Learn how to install fprintd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

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
SHA512: d725c81f0755da98cbd82e9f9dc88626b5aa8495343de5493271a1073e2c96e86d759ae27105827d7cc8fb4457dbcb5d8ed1ccfb45bb5d271de40c187bef9e54
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description-en: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the
D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above
libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously
competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi