How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

This guide let you learn how to install fprintd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.9-1build1
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: 632
Depends: dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.90.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_1.90.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 89340
MD5sum: 6ed2502820d7c5b4e2cef33f8d6d38c5
SHA1: ba83f23c106aba53a391eded270222d36f43ec36
SHA256: 36e3ff2908de13525f99ee8e12a9bff4c7eb3b6032d94ac6dc886506e3e7fe09
SHA512: 0e38884463b1bc5c01a424c03d46ce024ba8da170430932de8f415970b97436c9364a52445d51ff21a106c2d3b3e25d22b6add1b22a5d3a325c13cca888b86bf
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