How To Install pike7.8-kerberos on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-kerberos on Debian 9. pike7.8-kerberos is Kerberos and GSSAPI modules for Pike

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-kerberos on Debian 9.

What is pike7.8-kerberos

pike7.8-kerberos is:

This package contains the Kerberos and GSSAPI Pike modules (although GSSAPI is a generic API; Kerberos is the most common mechanism), providing bindings to the Heimdal libraries.

Pike is an interpreted programming language, for more information see the description of the pike7.8-core package.

There are three methods to install pike7.8-kerberos 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 pike7.8-kerberos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pike7.8-kerberos using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pike7.8-kerberos

Install pike7.8-kerberos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pike7.8-kerberos using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pike7.8-kerberos

Install pike7.8-kerberos 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 pike7.8-kerberos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pike7.8-kerberos

How To Uninstall pike7.8-kerberos on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pike7.8-kerberos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pike7.8-kerberos

Uninstall pike7.8-kerberos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pike7.8-kerberos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pike7.8-kerberos

Remove pike7.8-kerberos Configurations and Data

To remove pike7.8-kerberos configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pike7.8-kerberos

Remove pike7.8-kerberos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pike7.8-kerberos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pike7.8-kerberos

Dependencies

pike7.8-kerberos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pike7.8-kerberos package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.