How to Install and Uninstall gdm3 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gdm3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "gdm3" package

Learn how to install gdm3 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gdm3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gdm3 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gdm3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gdm3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gdm3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 42.0-1ubuntu7.22.04.4
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1900
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), adduser, bash (>= 4.3), dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), dbus-bin | systemd-sysv, dbus-daemon, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, default-logind | logind, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 42.0-1ubuntu7.22.04.4), ubuntu-session | 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 (= 42.0-1ubuntu7.22.04.4), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), 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 (>= 0.6.55), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.68.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 232), 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, ubuntu-session | gnome-session | x-session-manager, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xephyr, xserver-xorg, zenity
Suggests: 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_42.0-1ubuntu7.22.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 313882
MD5sum: 9c7298137d933357203161c7ad7914a0
SHA1: fdd057c8b3982b56a1edd939b9b7ac7d5be68c12
SHA256: d3361adfbc926c7e0d44643420b92ae61e966966c286aaff8759f14b0dc63fb3
SHA512: 53055534864ce64991c3a96334c40f1f5f8decff90131d35de6e4400df49d3183cfd4bdde3fa07b7c46eefc893ec0a59678ae30f0acc23acc1c583a5bdb2e1a9
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM/
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop

Package: gdm3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 42.0-1ubuntu6
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1900
Provides: x-display-manager
Depends: accountsservice (>= 0.6.35), adduser, bash (>= 4.3), dconf-cli (>= 0.20), dconf-gsettings-backend (>= 0.20), dbus-bin | systemd-sysv, dbus-daemon, default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, default-logind | logind, gir1.2-gdm-1.0 (= 42.0-1ubuntu6), ubuntu-session | 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 (= 42.0-1ubuntu6), libglib2.0-bin (>= 2.35.0), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-1), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), 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 (>= 0.6.55), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.68.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 232), 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, ubuntu-session | gnome-session | x-session-manager, x11-xkb-utils, xserver-xephyr, xserver-xorg, zenity
Suggests: 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_42.0-1ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 313912
MD5sum: 83aeab2832e3e1844c8c51b2a9088ba0
SHA1: a6ec3d06116057ac3f8b91332ffae528985e68ae
SHA256: 0164e19b6759731f0cd110f782d0614f9f6dce3acf37a6729cd68087e522893f
SHA512: 3fc4d830bc9a62b1e9ecb000f94205ccd1053bbad1fa7b5ae09fd2598e465604819a52c917375165eb4d5994a90e0f164aba6b61a47ea93a6bfd372e61a264d4
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM/
Description: GNOME Display Manager
Description-md5: 9be0fb38ba2581f623b79242c9c7918d
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop