How To Install login on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install login on Debian 9.
What is login
login is:
These tools are required to be able to login and use your system. The login program invokes your user shell and enables command execution. The newgrp program is used to change your effective group ID (useful for workgroup type situations). The su program allows changing your effective user ID (useful being able to execute commands as another user).
There are three methods to install login 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 login Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install login using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install login
Install login Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install login using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install login
Install login 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 login using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install login
How To Uninstall login on Debian 9
To uninstall only the login package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove login
Uninstall login And Its Dependencies
To uninstall login and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove login
Remove login Configurations and Data
To remove login configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge login
Remove login configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove login configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge login
Dependencies
login have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install login package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
