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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "unity-greeter" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unity-greeter
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unity-greeter" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall unity-greeter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: unity-greeter
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 652
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Provides: lightdm-greeter
Depends: dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.16.2), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 13.10.0daily13.06.19), libindicator3-7 (>= 0.4.90), liblightdm-gobject-1-0 (>= 1.15.2), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libx11-6, libxext6, upstart
Recommends: unity-settings-daemon, indicator-application, indicator-datetime, indicator-keyboard, indicator-power, indicator-session, indicator-sound, network-manager-gnome, lightdm
Suggests: lightdm-remote-session-freerdp, lightdm-remote-session-uccsconfigure, remote-login-service
Breaks: edubuntu-artwork (<< 12.01.1~)
Filename: pool/main/u/unity-greeter/unity-greeter_16.04.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 144832
MD5sum: d1ae345601429c16ccae9b07aa39b696
SHA1: cb2ffb840403ab674e4793caae59858c5e0a4230
SHA256: a21ff66ecd94e10a0a567b44974b9baa5e701cce7e8f7a5e867c783a4aaa0d43
Description-en: Unity Greeter
The greeter for the Unity desktop.
Description-md5: 9877c73111a0ce6340336dbc65020a9e
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity-greeter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, ubuntukylin-desktop