How To Install smbldap-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install smbldap-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. smbldap-tools is Scripts to manage Unix and Samba accounts stored on LDAP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools on Debian 10.

What is smbldap-tools

smbldap-tools is:

Set of scripts to manage data relative to users and groups stored in an LDAP server. The tools manage POSIX, shadow and Samba (3.0 series) accounts and groups.

This package is used to add/del/mod users and groups in the Linux Samba-OpenLDAP Howto http://download.gna.org/smbldap-tools/docs/samba-ldap-howto/

There are three methods to install smbldap-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smbldap-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smbldap-tools

Install smbldap-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smbldap-tools

Install smbldap-tools 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 smbldap-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smbldap-tools

How To Uninstall smbldap-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the smbldap-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smbldap-tools

Uninstall smbldap-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smbldap-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smbldap-tools

Remove smbldap-tools Configurations and Data

To remove smbldap-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smbldap-tools

Remove smbldap-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smbldap-tools

Dependencies

smbldap-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smbldap-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.