How To Install adcli on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install adcli on Debian 11.
What is adcli
adcli is:
This tool allows the administrator to join the local machine to an Active Directory (AD) domain. It’s taking care of creating the computer account on the domain and adjusting the kerberos (keytab) configuration.
It also allows the domain administrator to manage the users or the groups and the computer accounts in Active Directory (AD) domains.
There are three methods to install adcli on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install adcli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install adcli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install adcli
Install adcli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install adcli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install adcli
Install adcli 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 adcli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install adcli
How To Uninstall adcli on Debian 11
To uninstall only the adcli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove adcli
Uninstall adcli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall adcli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove adcli
Remove adcli Configurations and Data
To remove adcli configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge adcli
Remove adcli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove adcli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adcli
Dependencies
adcli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install adcli package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.