How To Install libpam-chroot on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-chroot on Debian 11. libpam-chroot is Chroot Pluggable Authentication Module for PAM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-chroot on Debian 11.

What is libpam-chroot

libpam-chroot is:

This package includes a special (but not thoroughly tested) PAM module to provide chrooted (restricted) environments for users. The module tries to provide a transparent wrapper around the average user, one that puts them in a fake file-system (eg, their ‘/’ is really /some/where/else).

In order to setup this environment in Debian please read the README.Debian as well as the detailed example provided in /usr/share/doc/libpam-chroot/examples

There are three methods to install libpam-chroot 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 libpam-chroot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-chroot

Install libpam-chroot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-chroot

Install libpam-chroot 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 libpam-chroot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-chroot

How To Uninstall libpam-chroot on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libpam-chroot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpam-chroot

Uninstall libpam-chroot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpam-chroot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-chroot

Remove libpam-chroot Configurations and Data

To remove libpam-chroot configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-chroot

Remove libpam-chroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-chroot

Dependencies

libpam-chroot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-chroot package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.