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Friday, November 13, 2015

How to Install LightDM GTK Greeter via PPA on Xubuntu, Lubuntu & Kubuntu

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LightDM is another lightweight display manager which is quite popular among Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu users. This program allows you to manage X servers and facilitates remote logins via XDMCP protocol along with customization of login screen. You might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new in them ?

The LightDM GTK+ Greeter is available in GTK+2 or GTK+3, supports Ubuntu indicator, supports loading user wallpaper and profile image, configurable clock and named widgets allow for easy customization. You can also download the source tarball of LightDM GTK+ Greeter 1.9.0 for your Linux distros.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings 0.3 using PPA on Xubuntu 14.10, Xubuntu 14.04, Lubuntu 14.10 and Lubuntu 14.04 systems. Well you can also try to install it on Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04, Linux Mint 17 but we are not sure whether it will work out or not.

Step Wise Installation of LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings 0.3 using PPA on Xubuntu 14.10, 14.04 and Lubuntu 14.10, 14.04

Step 1 : Before beginning the installation, Open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to add PPA for LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings 0.3 on your Xubuntu and Lubuntu system.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kalgasnik/ppa
Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added PPA for LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings 0.3 in the software repository on your Xubuntu and Lubuntu system.
$ sudo apt-get update
Step 3 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings 0.3 on your Xubuntu and Lubuntu system.
$ sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
Step 4 : After installation, it time to launch the application. For this run or copy the following command in terminal to launch LightDM GK+ Greeter Settings on your system.
$ sudo lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
Now you can easily change themes, icons, background, clock format, login dialog window position on your machine.

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