How To Install directoryassistant on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install directoryassistant on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is directoryassistant
directoryassistant is:
Directory Assistant is a small application for managing a LDAP address book. The focus is to create a very easy to use program, with only the few but necessary features. The target is novice users that still need to keep their addresses in an LDAP server.
It was written in Python language using GTK+ bindings.
There are three methods to install directoryassistant on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install directoryassistant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install directoryassistant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install directoryassistant
Install directoryassistant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install directoryassistant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install directoryassistant
Install directoryassistant 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 directoryassistant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install directoryassistant
How To Uninstall directoryassistant on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the directoryassistant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove directoryassistant
Uninstall directoryassistant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall directoryassistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove directoryassistant
Remove directoryassistant Configurations and Data
To remove directoryassistant configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge directoryassistant
Remove directoryassistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove directoryassistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge directoryassistant
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install directoryassistant package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
