How to Install and Uninstall fprintd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "fprintd" package

Please follow the steps below to install fprintd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall fprintd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fprintd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 1000
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libfprint0 (>= 1:0.4.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), dbus, policykit-1
Filename: pool/universe/f/fprintd/fprintd_0.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 57902
MD5sum: d92736d347d4c18eadb5b863eb250f4a
SHA1: 299f5daf04b4ea4da7902a9ee7ecdf14e4758b77
SHA256: 74ebbff007646ce48bb15c54d78664f518744c8b876fe9d9e8fee2a52b014b38
Description-en: D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the
D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above
libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously
competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
Description-md5: d85e9a892deac7c7145320b8e32f9192
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu