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

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "qingy" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install qingy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall qingy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: qingy
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 717
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Riccardo Stagni
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.7-2build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdirectfb-1.2-9, libncurses5 (>= 6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxss1, libdirectfb-extra, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Filename: pool/universe/q/qingy/qingy_0.9.7-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 238948
MD5sum: 49d3894a55efce9ed3e234625d8ce86d
SHA1: 309f4bd5055ad5ff8667a55c0eb7d11f0d276b42
SHA256: d99cd0063d6ebf08f33aa06ca52d3c430aa29f4ec1547428ac8711447a88821e
Description-en: framebuffer-enabled replacement for getty
qingy (Qingy Is Not GettY) is a replacement for getty that uses DirectFB to
provide a fast, nice GUI without the overhead of the X Window System.
It allows the user to log in and start the session of his choice (text
console, GNOME, KDE, WMaker, ...).
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Main features:
- It works ;-)
- It remembers last user who logged in, with focus on password
- It also rememebers last session each user chose
- Alternatively it remembers last session on a per-tty basis
- Fully themable
- A theme will look the same on all machines, independently of
the resolution
- You can select your favourite theme, or a random one every time
- Both text and X sessions are supported
- You can start more that one X session at once
- You can even start X inside a console when X sessions are already
running
- PAM support
- Support for screen savers
- Auto log-in support
- Session locking support
- tty specific options support
- Customizable key bindings
- Text mode support.
Description-md5: 85b6017fa052f201ae6c46ba3c852db0
Homepage: http://qingy.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu