How To Install ukui-greeter on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-greeter on Debian 12.
What is ukui-greeter
ukui-greeter is:
A greeter for UKUI desktop environment written by Qt5. The greeter supports biometric authentication which is provided by biometric-authentication service.
There are three methods to install ukui-greeter on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ukui-greeter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ukui-greeter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ukui-greeter
Install ukui-greeter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ukui-greeter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ukui-greeter
Install ukui-greeter 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 ukui-greeter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ukui-greeter
How To Uninstall ukui-greeter on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ukui-greeter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ukui-greeter
Uninstall ukui-greeter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ukui-greeter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-greeter
Remove ukui-greeter Configurations and Data
To remove ukui-greeter configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-greeter
Remove ukui-greeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ukui-greeter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukui-greeter
Dependencies
ukui-greeter have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libimlib2
- liblightdm-qt5-3-0
- libopencv-core406
- libopencv-imgcodecs406
- libopencv-imgproc406
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5svg5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5x11extras5
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
- libxi6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-greeter package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
