How To Install trocla on Debian 10

Learn how to install trocla on Debian 10 with this tutorial. trocla is generate and store passwords and certificates on a central server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trocla on Debian 10.

What is trocla

trocla is:

Trocla helps you to generate random passwords and to store them in various formats (plain, MD5, bcrypt) for later retrival.

An example for such an application is puppet and trocla can help you to not store any plaintext or hashed passwords in your manifests by keeping these passwords only on your puppetmaster.

There are three methods to install trocla 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 trocla Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trocla

Install trocla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install trocla using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install trocla

Install trocla 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 trocla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trocla

How To Uninstall trocla on Debian 10

To uninstall only the trocla package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trocla

Uninstall trocla And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trocla

Remove trocla Configurations and Data

To remove trocla configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge trocla

Remove trocla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trocla

Dependencies

trocla have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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