How To Install fprintd on Debian 10

Learn how to install fprintd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fprintd is D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd on Debian 10.

What is fprintd

fprintd is:

fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously competing for fingerprint readers get solved.

There are three methods to install fprintd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fprintd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fprintd

Install fprintd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fprintd

Install fprintd 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 fprintd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fprintd

How To Uninstall fprintd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fprintd

Uninstall fprintd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fprintd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprintd

Remove fprintd Configurations and Data

To remove fprintd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fprintd

Remove fprintd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprintd

Dependencies

fprintd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.