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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

This is a short guide on how to install swaylock 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 "swaylock" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall swaylock on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


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

Package: swaylock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.9.91), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/swaylock/swaylock_1.5-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 30234
MD5sum: 0a14a45f4788df0ba5cc9fb9a649844b
SHA1: 867b7fbb06fdbe9f8335ec7ca0d475cc5006b971
SHA256: 37230b73c6680839e2d2d30f103d432f37bbd5910d7c7808bfff38c7473d98be
SHA512: 5406dec9537ff1476120d878bc348973b07f81ab0859f91a968cec03c529623d6464210da727f1d86f447e53a957a16fd957d371dee89e5ba57dbee4217f9238
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock
Description: Screen locker for Wayland
Description-md5: 3e3bd4348840e86c25f6a86685be2a0d