How To Install krb5-kpropd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kpropd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is krb5-kpropd
krb5-kpropd is:
Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the Kerberos slave KDC update server (kpropd). The kpropd command runs on the slave KDC server. It listens for update requests made by the kprop program, and periodically requests incremental updates from the master KDC. This package should be installed on slave KDCs.
Package: krb5-kpropd Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17-6ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: krb5 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Sam Hartman [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 168 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssrpc4 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libk5crypto3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libkadm5clnt-mit11 (>= 1.15~beta1), libkdb5-9, libkrb5-3 (>= 1.16), libkrb5support0 (>= 1.7dfsg~beta2), krb5-kdc (= 1.17-6ubuntu4), lsb-base Suggests: openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver Replaces: krb5-kdc (« 1.15.1-3~) Filename: pool/universe/k/krb5/krb5-kpropd_1.17-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 28048 MD5sum: ac95bcec8f63225c184bd3e22f72b357 SHA1: 7a8bb27db5fcc59c52f9ad47a2a0e0e072674c43 SHA256: c2668ed84a5b3bfe47f56385d375a8de5bdd9b9686495ab9972313d52e2396b1 Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ Description-en: MIT Kerberos key server (Slave KDC Support) Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).
This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.
This package contains the Kerberos slave KDC update server (kpropd). The kpropd command runs on the slave KDC server. It listens for update requests made by the kprop program, and periodically requests incremental updates from the master KDC. This package should be installed on slave KDCs.
There are three methods to install krb5-kpropd on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install krb5-kpropd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-kpropd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install krb5-kpropd
Install krb5-kpropd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-kpropd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install krb5-kpropd
Install krb5-kpropd 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 krb5-kpropd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install krb5-kpropd
How To Uninstall krb5-kpropd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the krb5-kpropd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove krb5-kpropd
Uninstall krb5-kpropd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall krb5-kpropd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove krb5-kpropd
Remove krb5-kpropd Configurations and Data
To remove krb5-kpropd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge krb5-kpropd
Remove krb5-kpropd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove krb5-kpropd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krb5-kpropd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-kpropd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.