How to Install and Uninstall lightdm Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "lightdm" package

Please follow the instructions below to install lightdm on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall lightdm on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: lightdm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.30.0-0ubuntu8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Robert Ancell
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 807
Provides: x-display-manager
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), 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, notification-daemon | mate-notification-daemon | lxqt-notificationd, policykit-1-gnome | arctica-greeter | ukui-greeter, unity-greeter | lightdm-greeter | lightdm-kde-greeter
Suggests: bindfs
Conflicts: liblightdm-gobject-0-0, liblightdm-qt-0-0
Filename: pool/universe/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.30.0-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 159918
MD5sum: 0a55584ab59d94e89b5656808ce7b866
SHA1: fa96f00b0dc83a04808da75b484ecfde00de0af3
SHA256: 012fdadc799d23d32bc6ef1b2ec9fdefd80a6144688bc5b463320fba94e52873
SHA512: fd375267224964a58774f60b848f44d47d31e883b411c0fc32e38c0aaa4fcc9e9372b8384a55edb401050540308cbfda590fbf5ed405babe7a43484d7d26d229
Homepage: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm
Description: Display Manager
Description-md5: a04ec89b09d7becf8ba288295841fad0
Task: xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi