How to Install and Uninstall lightdm-autologin-greeter Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "lightdm-autologin-greeter" package

This tutorial shows how to install lightdm-autologin-greeter on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lightdm-autologin-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lightdm-autologin-greeter" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lightdm-autologin-greeter on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: lightdm-autologin-greeter
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Edu Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 26
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: python3, lightdm, python3-gi, liblightdm-gobject-1-0, gir1.2-lightdm-1
Filename: pool/universe/l/lightdm-autologin-greeter/lightdm-autologin-greeter_1.0-4_all.deb
Size: 5420
MD5sum: 0ea2f29dccddab489b0b946ae0f42c50
SHA1: 3b0de4ba39449c22303c5776e7c68d03bcb58578
SHA256: c80a23e766e3c560426a238ea33f60dda222a989e12e495634b62079ace43285
SHA512: 74a2f3a2c8df56d03eddc0ae19d25c47514f2a43eed4306720e22b64c5b5aeeb42b33b58b723ac9bc0712efe5a635fd12e0291ea7c5d68e80931aaf209e5efb6
Homepage: https://github.com/spanezz/lightdm-autologin-greeter
Description-en: Autologin greeter for LightDM
Minimal autologin greeter for LightDM that has the same auto-login
behaviour as nodm, but being based on LightDM it stays on top of modern
display manager requirements.
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The difference between LightDM's built-in auto-login and this greeter,
are the behaviour in case of 0-seconds autologin delay: when LightDM
autologs in with no delay, upon logout it will show the login window
again. The intent is that, if the default user logged out, they probably
intend to log in again as a different user.
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When managing a kiosk-like setups, once the X session quits, the
desired behaviour is to just start it again.
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LightDM with an auto-login timeout of 1 or more seconds would work as
needed, but one sees the login dialog window appear and disappear on
screen at each system startup. While it is functional, on a kiosk setup
this is aesthetically unprofessional.
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With this greeter, the X session starts right away, and is restarted if
it quits, without any flicker of a login dialog.
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If one is not setting up a kiosk-like setup, it's very likely that the
default auto-login behaviour of LightDM is the way to go, and that this
greeter is not needed.
Description-md5: 686f325f20032cff6f6c652c3af10ab0