How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

This tutorial shows how to install fprintd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fprintd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fprintd package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: fprintd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.94.2-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 668
Depends: dbus, policykit-1, libc6 (>= 2.34), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.94.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.56), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Filename: pool/main/f/fprintd/fprintd_1.94.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 95526
MD5sum: 034f765a98d5afda625ee051ec3a699b
SHA1: b4065952453a14ca30a236fe6b0dd9cb214a12e3
SHA256: 849c5ba15a7f08b411df8efad2b89165593162da6509020eb421b0772a5cb8cf
SHA512: 4b483efc9ce4c78f257bca13530cf8582c4cdfac69e098722d9642c4a9b17f453d58ccf1d1c7132a255afb59f0c1093940a3d6d9d7d028bedb8c0354d9427237
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Description: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop