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

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "libpam-fprintd" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libpam-fprintd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpam-fprintd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpam-fprintd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpam-fprintd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: fprintd
Version: 0.6.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), fprintd (= 0.6.0-1), libpam-runtime (>= 1.1.3-2~)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/f/fprintd/libpam-fprintd_0.6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9336
MD5sum: c7872150d2a71e27687d1f12935b0125
SHA1: 24507fd2014fe41ccc996d7ebca958a88aa9cea6
SHA256: 6e6f45303bf1ce2bf6184c18130008b86c1b2aefa8a5569444f6e127cd4f5690
Description-en: PAM module for fingerprint authentication through fprintd
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.
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This package provides a PAM module for fingerprint-based authentication
via fprintd.
Description-md5: b24d4c0d701e2dcad521b55397b99433
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu