How To Install Lightdm In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

How To Install Lightdm In Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian?

lightdm

simple display manager

Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers



Section: x11

Install lightdm

  • Debian apt-get install lightdm Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install lightdm Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S lightdm Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install lightdm Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install lightdm Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install lightdm Click to copy

lightdm

simple display manager

An X display manager that: * Has a lightweight codebase * Is standards compliant (PAM, ConsoleKit, etc) * Has a well defined interface between the server and user interface * Fully themeable * Cross-desktop (greeters can be written in any toolkit) Additional software can be useful along with LightDM: * xserver-xephyr can be used to add a nested X display by calling 'dm-tool add-nested-seat` * upower can be used to suspend the computer from the display manager * accountsservice is used to populate a user list with addition information.

Installation of latest lightdm command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora and Raspbian. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2023 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.