How To Install heimdal-kcm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-kcm on Debian 9. heimdal-kcm is Heimdal Kerberos - KCM daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-kcm on Debian 9.

What is heimdal-kcm

heimdal-kcm is:

Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos.

This package includes the KCM daemon which can hold the credentials for all users in the system. Access control is done with Unix-like permissions. The daemon checks the access on all operations based on the UID and GID of the user. The tickets are renewed as long as is permitted by the KDC’s policy.

There are three methods to install heimdal-kcm on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install heimdal-kcm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install heimdal-kcm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-kcm

Install heimdal-kcm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install heimdal-kcm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install heimdal-kcm

Install heimdal-kcm 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 heimdal-kcm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install heimdal-kcm

How To Uninstall heimdal-kcm on Debian 9

To uninstall only the heimdal-kcm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove heimdal-kcm

Uninstall heimdal-kcm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall heimdal-kcm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heimdal-kcm

Remove heimdal-kcm Configurations and Data

To remove heimdal-kcm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge heimdal-kcm

Remove heimdal-kcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove heimdal-kcm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heimdal-kcm

Dependencies

heimdal-kcm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-kcm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.