How to Install and Uninstall gdm3 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "gdm3" package

This tutorial shows how to install gdm3 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gdm3

2. Uninstall "gdm3" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gdm3 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove gdm3 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gdm3 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gdm3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.38.2.1-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2140
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), adduser, bash (>= 4.3), dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), dbus, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 3.38.2.1-2ubuntu1), gnome-session | x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator, gnome-session-bin (>= 3.37.0), gnome-session-common (>= 3.37.0-2~), gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.37.0), gnome-shell (>= 3.37.90), gsettings-desktop-schemas, libgdm1 (= 3.38.2.1-2ubuntu1), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), libpam-systemd, librsvg2-common, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), policykit-1 (>= 0.105-5~), procps, ucf, x11-common (>= 1:7.6+11), x11-xserver-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libaccountsservice0 (>= 0.6.37), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.44.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 165), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.5.9), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsystemd0, libx11-6, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcb1, libxdmcp6
Recommends: at-spi2-core, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xephyr, xserver-xorg, zenity
Suggests: gnome-orca, libpam-fprintd (>= 0.8.0-2), libpam-sss (>= 2.3.0-1), libpam-pkcs11, libpam-gnome-keyring
Breaks: pulseaudio (<< 11.1-2), xserver-xorg-core (<< 2:1.17.2-2~)
Filename: pool/main/g/gdm3/gdm3_3.38.2.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 300132
MD5sum: 940d65d6c885b9ef604aebd8d15990f2
SHA1: 95b2e45ee3b1d78c9f5eb82e774ab9ec0990668c
SHA256: dce21bf79ba2a06f4e8d9b19c351841d940bc6cf7a831f9e54ab9fab713f0395
SHA512: d6fe9e0e732ff9cdea4dc9142cadf1829d1a6277e88f2b18902f16216816fed1ef46b02311aba63bb901e64dacdf1022d796c5b18b1dec326b8b5e110f05b739
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM/
Description-en: GNOME Display Manager
GDM provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays: it
asks for a login and starts graphical sessions.
.
It supports multiple seats and switching between multiple users.
.
The greeter is based on the GNOME libraries and applications, and its
look and design are the same as those of a GNOME session.
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi