How To Install argonaut-ldap2zone on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install argonaut-ldap2zone on Ubuntu 20.04. argonaut-ldap2zone is Argonaut (tool to extract DNS zones from LDAP trees)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install argonaut-ldap2zone on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is argonaut-ldap2zone

argonaut-ldap2zone is:

Client / server system for managing systems in collaboration with FusionDirectory (LDAP directory manager). Argonaut also allows interface with deployment tools such as FAI (Fully Automated Install) or OPSI (Open PC Server Integration).

This is a tool that reads info for a zone from LDAP and constructs a standard plain ASCII zone file. The LDAP information has to be stored using the dnszone LDAP schema.

This package contains the argonaut-client module and the standalone command.

There are three methods to install argonaut-ldap2zone on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install argonaut-ldap2zone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install argonaut-ldap2zone using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install argonaut-ldap2zone

Install argonaut-ldap2zone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install argonaut-ldap2zone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install argonaut-ldap2zone

Install argonaut-ldap2zone 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install argonaut-ldap2zone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install argonaut-ldap2zone

How To Uninstall argonaut-ldap2zone on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the argonaut-ldap2zone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove argonaut-ldap2zone

Uninstall argonaut-ldap2zone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall argonaut-ldap2zone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove argonaut-ldap2zone

Remove argonaut-ldap2zone Configurations and Data

To remove argonaut-ldap2zone configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge argonaut-ldap2zone

Remove argonaut-ldap2zone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove argonaut-ldap2zone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge argonaut-ldap2zone

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install argonaut-ldap2zone package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.