How To Install ypbind-mt on Debian 12

Learn how to install ypbind-mt on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ypbind-mt is Client daemon for working with Network Information System (NIS)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ypbind-mt on Debian 12.

What is ypbind-mt

ypbind-mt is:

This package provides the multi-threading version of ypbind, required to implement a NIS client service for shared accounts and network names.

NIS, originally known as Yellow Pages (YP), is mostly used to let several machines in a network share the same account information, such as the password file. It is an old, but simple system to share information, which should be used only in relatively trusted networks, due to its intrinsic limitations for security.

There are three methods to install ypbind-mt on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ypbind-mt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ypbind-mt

Install ypbind-mt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ypbind-mt

Install ypbind-mt 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 ypbind-mt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ypbind-mt

How To Uninstall ypbind-mt on Debian 12

To uninstall only the ypbind-mt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ypbind-mt

Uninstall ypbind-mt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ypbind-mt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ypbind-mt

Remove ypbind-mt Configurations and Data

To remove ypbind-mt configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ypbind-mt

Remove ypbind-mt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ypbind-mt

Dependencies

ypbind-mt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ypbind-mt package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.