How To Install heimdal-kdc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-kdc
on Debian 11.
What is heimdal-kdc
heimdal-kdc is:
Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos.
This package includes the KDC (key distribution center) server, which is designed to run on a secure computer and keeps track of users’ passwords. This is done using the Kerberos protocol in such a way that the server computers do not need to know the passwords.
There are three methods to install heimdal-kdc
on Debian 11. 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-kdc 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-kdc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-kdc
Install heimdal-kdc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heimdal-kdc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heimdal-kdc
Install heimdal-kdc 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-kdc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heimdal-kdc
How To Uninstall heimdal-kdc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the heimdal-kdc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heimdal-kdc
Uninstall heimdal-kdc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heimdal-kdc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heimdal-kdc
Remove heimdal-kdc Configurations and Data
To remove heimdal-kdc
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heimdal-kdc
Remove heimdal-kdc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heimdal-kdc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heimdal-kdc
Dependencies
heimdal-kdc have the following dependencies:
- debconf
- heimdal-clients
- krb5-config
- lsb-base
- openbsd-inetd
- libasn1-8-heimdal
- libc6
- libcap-ng0
- libgssapi3-heimdal
- libhcrypto4-heimdal
- libhdb9-heimdal
- libheimbase1-heimdal
- libheimntlm0-heimdal
- libkadm5srv8-heimdal
- libkdc2-heimdal
- libkrb5-26-heimdal
- libroken18-heimdal
- libsl0-heimdal
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-kdc
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.