How To Install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is lightdm
Lightdm is a display manager that * Is cross-desktop - supports different desktops * Supports different display technologies * Is lightweight - low memory usage and fast performance
We can use yum
or dnf
to install lightdm
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lightdm.
Install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lightdm
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lightdm
Install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lightdm
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lightdm
How To Uninstall lightdm on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the lightdm
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lightdm
lightdm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/lightdm
/etc/lightdm/keys.conf
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
/etc/lightdm/users.conf
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/lightdm
/etc/pam.d/lightdm
/etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin
/etc/pam.d/lightdm-greeter
/run/lightdm
/usr/bin/dm-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/7b9a8fc3f92541419156ae47940590c7a7e321
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/c9ea637bbafb9b9466a85fd80200ecef9bf7e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/bcb2fc3ed1c2f2f7e15fa281c26aab913fbf2f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lightdm.conf
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/LightDM-1.typelib
/usr/libexec/lightdm-guest-session
/usr/sbin/lightdm
/usr/share/accountsservice
/usr/share/accountsservice/interfaces
/usr/share/accountsservice/interfaces/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.xml
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dm-tool
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/lightdm
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf
/usr/share/doc/lightdm
/usr/share/doc/lightdm/NEWS
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/autologin.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/config.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/default-greeter.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/default-session.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/diagnostics.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/guest.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/index.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/legal.xml
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/local-sessions.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/remote-sessions.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/seat.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/standard-authentication.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/user-list.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/user-switching.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/vnc.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/write-greeter.page
/usr/share/help/C/lightdm/xdmcp.page
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm
/usr/share/licenses/lightdm/COPYING.GPL3
/usr/share/lightdm
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-backup-logs.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-disable-guest.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-minimum-vt.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-remove-wayland-session.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-run-directory.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-session-wrapper.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-user-authority-in-system-dir.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-xserver-command.conf
/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bo/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ckb/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fy/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gd/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lb/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mhr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/my/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sc/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sd/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/shn/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uz/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/wae/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/lightdm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/dm-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lightdm.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.AccountsService.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/lightdm.rules
/usr/share/xgreeters
/var/cache/lightdm
/var/lib/lightdm
/var/lib/lightdm-data
/var/log/lightdm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.