How To Install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. 389-ds-base-legacy-tools is Legacy utilities for 389 Directory Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools on Debian 10.

What is 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

389-ds-base-legacy-tools is:

Legacy (and deprecated) utilities for 389 Directory Server. This includes the old account management and task scripts. These are deprecated in favour of the dscreate, dsctl, dsconf and dsidm tools.

There are three methods to install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools 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 389-ds-base-legacy-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

How To Uninstall 389-ds-base-legacy-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the 389-ds-base-legacy-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Uninstall 389-ds-base-legacy-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 389-ds-base-legacy-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Remove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools Configurations and Data

To remove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Remove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 389-ds-base-legacy-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 389-ds-base-legacy-tools

Dependencies

389-ds-base-legacy-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 389-ds-base-legacy-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.