How To Install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8. lightdm is A cross-desktop Display Manager

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

lightdm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lightdm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.