How To Install sddm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is sddm
sddm is:
SDDM is a modern display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful. It uses modern technologies like QtQuick to create smooth, animated user interfaces.
There are three methods to install sddm
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 sddm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sddm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sddm
Install sddm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sddm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sddm
Install sddm 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 sddm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sddm
How To Uninstall sddm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the sddm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sddm
Uninstall sddm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sddm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sddm
Remove sddm Configurations and Data
To remove sddm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sddm
Remove sddm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sddm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sddm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sddm
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.