How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fprintd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.9-1
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_amd64.deb
Size: 80420
MD5sum: bdac613ea1103de2182ce5a360877287
SHA1: 38344f4b8b826cbbe68be9ee9d0292c27dc8470b
SHA256: 3c57b584068685dd7828c263d2ec807c74978351c0ccd6a66ee213a737e55aaf
SHA512: 784f0b21b774e432d787c37ab6880802771a8f3fa511c4d9c631d31ed8d3aad23485fe12e2525b1e5ac043859f827a2e8d595f949efb9e73c46ce4ffc1b41395
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