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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "lightdm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lightdm on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lightdm on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

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