How To Install ldm on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldm on Ubuntu 20.04. ldm is LTSP display manager LTSP display manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldm on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is ldm

ldm is:

ldm is an X11 display manager similar to xdm, gdm and kdm, but unlike those it wraps the X11 traffic within an SSH tunnel to provide a secure login mechanism for remote X sessions.

LTSP stands for ‘Linux Terminal Server Project’.

Package: ldm Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:2.18.06-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LTSP Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 418 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libx11-6, libxext6, openssh-client | ssh, xserver-xorg | xserver, gettext-base, python3, procps Recommends: netcat-traditional | netcat, gtk2-engines, dmz-cursor-theme Breaks: ltsp-client-core (<= 5.0.40~bzr20080121-2) Replaces: ltsp-client-core (<= 5.0.40~bzr20080121-2) Filename: pool/universe/l/ldm/ldm_2.18.06-1_amd64.deb Size: 103624 MD5sum: d2b798f2df9d399f582663487192e292 SHA1: 1011456c2cc7a5bdceef754266a82a39694b929f SHA256: 14bc0495e29e5a70bf5ded50d1d793205c8fdfacc0fd57f028368691bc5d3b3b Homepage: http://ltsp.org/ Description-en: LTSP display manager ldm is an X11 display manager similar to xdm, gdm and kdm, but unlike those it wraps the X11 traffic within an SSH tunnel to provide a secure login mechanism for remote X sessions.

LTSP stands for ‘Linux Terminal Server Project’.

There are three methods to install ldm on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ldm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ldm

Install ldm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ldm

Install ldm 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 ldm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldm

How To Uninstall ldm on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ldm

Uninstall ldm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ldm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldm

Remove ldm Configurations and Data

To remove ldm configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldm

Remove ldm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldm package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.