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

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lightdm 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 "lightdm" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install lightdm 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 "lightdm" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall lightdm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: lightdm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30.0-0ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Robert Ancell
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 835
Provides: x-display-manager
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.9.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libxcb1, libxdmcp6, adduser, bash (>= 4.3), dbus, libglib2.0-bin, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), libpam-modules, plymouth (>= 0.8.8-0ubuntu18)
Recommends: xserver-xorg, unity-greeter | lightdm-greeter | lightdm-kde-greeter
Suggests: bindfs
Conflicts: liblightdm-gobject-0-0, liblightdm-qt-0-0
Filename: pool/universe/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.30.0-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 160954
MD5sum: af96dddb0d428bd90753b4707105e0f2
SHA1: 0aeb0cbf3753e7840ed368d3c5af9223a7f04174
SHA256: 8a06f088b284a438516f9dc8d34d709e74d946cdbe970dabbc9f171d7eb90eea
SHA512: 9867101c452f41de2fe0a7eed81846cdf13b717f2e2a8477765162f209de8e2e63a8d45adfae0d61a1ff56c7b9cca174f12515b622eb371956197eb7d464effa
Homepage: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm
Description: Display Manager
Description-md5: a04ec89b09d7becf8ba288295841fad0
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi