How to Install and Uninstall lightdm-gtk-greeter Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "lightdm-gtk-greeter" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install lightdm-gtk-greeter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lightdm-gtk-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lightdm-gtk-greeter" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lightdm-gtk-greeter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 545
Maintainer: Xubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.1-2ubuntu4
Replaces: lightdm (<< 0.9.2-1), lightdm-gtk
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 13.10.0daily13.06.19), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.4.0), libx11-6
Recommends: desktop-base, gnome-themes-standard, gnome-icon-theme-symbolic, policykit-1
Breaks: lightdm (<< 0.9.2-1), lightdm-gtk
Filename: pool/universe/l/lightdm-gtk-greeter/lightdm-gtk-greeter_2.0.1-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 78286
MD5sum: 576db0eaa5befa8540ee797697d359fb
SHA1: d2d67466035b0e986b36fa093e7078153e6c9e39
SHA256: 3e21768abf0a6bf70d2cd8273236eb4d05185ec9b4bd43a8c10152e1c82e0a96
Description-en: simple display manager (GTK+ greeter)
A LightDM greeter that uses the GTK+ toolkit.
Description-md5: c095387d293abe3bd155c995649d9b99
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop