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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libpam-fprintd" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-fprintd package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpam-fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.9-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: fprintd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 54
Depends: fprintd (= 1.90.9-1), libpam-runtime (>= 1.1.3-2~), libc6 (>= 2.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (>= 237)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/libpam-fprintd_1.90.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13076
MD5sum: 950a5bed7ed805da17a27da60ab80706
SHA1: d1142f5935de0d7ca2e69f3da1d324e358566088
SHA256: 3ab3c261589e13fd0b6014378c6613019d2a8550443aa58dee7797483c2e20ad
SHA512: a74f7a307bfc9af1ba28a46db5fd3d66b983744262ed5bcb7b5af75ed4a7590e03389102d92e306e3b78b170d793f78ba8a6dccda1f87fa37fc0044fc69ff0b1
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description-en: PAM module for fingerprint authentication through fprintd
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.
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This package provides a PAM module for fingerprint-based authentication
via fprintd.
Description-md5: b24d4c0d701e2dcad521b55397b99433
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop