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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "unity-greeter-badges" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install unity-greeter-badges on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall unity-greeter-badges on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: unity-greeter-badges
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Doug Torrance
Architecture: all
Version: 0.4-0ubuntu3
Replaces: mwm (<< 2.3.4-7~), wmaker-common (<< 0.95.6-1~)
Breaks: mwm (<< 2.3.4-7~), wmaker-common (<< 0.95.6-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity-greeter-badges/unity-greeter-badges_0.4-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 36242
MD5sum: c2db3105764a79497180756c359a5bbc
SHA1: f2d37bcf53d7b47fc3b9fed36976174d473335e7
SHA256: d2ce94ecd7b541492222ac8d64a114828acd06c274979d3479de85dbf2fef0f2
Description-en: Additional badges for Unity Greeter
This package adds additional badges, i.e., the icons that appear next to each
desktop environment, in Unity Greeter, Ubuntu's default display manager. It
adds support for a wide variety of desktop environments not supported by the
default Unity Greeter installation, e.g., MATE, Cinnamon, Window Maker, and
more.
Description-md5: 957dde22eefb16f2e3ec54fd5f7801e2
Enhances: unity-greeter
Homepage: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=158764
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu