How To Install seatd on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install seatd on Ubuntu 22.04. seatd is minimal user, seat and session management daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install seatd on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is seatd

seatd is:

Lightweight standalone implementation.

There are three methods to install seatd on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install seatd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install seatd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install seatd

Install seatd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install seatd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install seatd

Install seatd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install seatd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install seatd

How To Uninstall seatd on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the seatd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove seatd

Uninstall seatd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall seatd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove seatd

Remove seatd Configurations and Data

To remove seatd configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge seatd

Remove seatd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove seatd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seatd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install seatd package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.