How To Install lightdm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm in Fedora 36. lightdm is A cross-desktop Display Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lightdm.

Install lightdm on Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lightdm

lightdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

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title: "How To Install lightdm on Fedora 36"
linkTitle: "lightdm"
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description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm in Fedora 36. lightdm is A cross-desktop Display Manager"
date: "2022-08-17"
lastmod: "2022-08-17"
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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `lightdm` on Fedora 36.

### 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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lightdm.

## Install lightdm on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
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 Fedora 36 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 Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove lightdm

lightdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/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/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/8298289775f2c7d5b04a3bf21a8d09df7ee802
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/6939f9f1b390132bea810f57a47b5cd7f25afb
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/b49e4367a76dd20bac4e8706800d38749829fb
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/LightDM-1.typelib
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lightdm.conf
/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-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

lightdm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/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/49 /usr/lib/.build-id/49/c679163ba3d6d74c469e07f83ff7bcf976eb7c /usr/lib/.build-id/f1 /usr/lib/.build-id/f1/af84d462e1dc25d1fe187cdc328de2efe8c04f /usr/lib/.build-id/f7 /usr/lib/.build-id/f7/380f87d50992158da856ea44264d8a2d20926f /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-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

* [lightdm website](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM/)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `lightdm` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

How To Install lightdm on Fedora 36

Introduction

What is lightdm

Install lightdm on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Install lightdm on Fedora 36 Using yum

How To Uninstall lightdm on Fedora 36

lightdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

Install lightdm on Fedora 36 Using yum

How To Uninstall lightdm on Fedora 36

lightdm Package Contents on Fedora 36

References

Summary

What is `lightdm`