How To Install directoryassistant on Debian 10

Learn how to install directoryassistant on Debian 10 with this tutorial. directoryassistant is small LDAP address book manager

Introduction

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

What is directoryassistant

directoryassistant is:

Directory Assistant is a small application for managing a LDAP address book. The focus is to create a very easy to use program, with only the few but necessary features. The target is novice users that still need to keep their addresses in an LDAP server.

It was written in Python language using GTK+ bindings.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install directoryassistant

Install directoryassistant Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install directoryassistant

Install directoryassistant 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 directoryassistant using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install directoryassistant

How To Uninstall directoryassistant on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove directoryassistant

Uninstall directoryassistant And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove directoryassistant

Remove directoryassistant Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge directoryassistant

Remove directoryassistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge directoryassistant

Dependencies

directoryassistant have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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