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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libpam-fprintd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-fprintd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-fprintd package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpam-fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90.9-1build1
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 (= 1.90.9-1build1), libpam-runtime (>= 1.1.3-2~), libc6 (>= 2.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (>= 237)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/libpam-fprintd_1.90.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 13716
MD5sum: d770779bce79a0684034c3bffd6d8750
SHA1: 1c20128ecbf1d35ad9dc9ee151a8280eb6341256
SHA256: 57e210482160a5fe8af5fdbbed1bb0ecc0de286f3c1b73b650c64a945e8d3c6e
SHA512: dfe2a8531ac15101c9fac5cd5432dff7b7459a31fa4bda3db03d87f2b6773d887b575875ef4c05d59a2c93593fc2e12beec4d1f4703b8af3a062e649bcc52c6b
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