How To Install greetd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install greetd on Debian 12.
What is greetd
greetd is:
greetd is a minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.
There are three methods to install greetd on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install greetd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install greetd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install greetd
Install greetd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install greetd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install greetd
Install greetd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install greetd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install greetd
How To Uninstall greetd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the greetd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove greetd
Uninstall greetd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall greetd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove greetd
Remove greetd Configurations and Data
To remove greetd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge greetd
Remove greetd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove greetd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge greetd
Dependencies
greetd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install greetd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
