How To Install autodir on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autodir on Debian 9.
What is autodir
autodir is:
A modular and thread-enabled tool to create and/or mounting and managing automagically and transparently user/group home directories, on demand.
It can work with any authentication framework (e.g. system files, NIS, LDAP or SQL) and does not require PAM, which is a required feature for session-less service such as smtp servers.
Automounter version 4 (autofs4) has to be enabled when compiling the kernel. Debian packaged kernels have it enabled as module.
There are three methods to install autodir on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autodir Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autodir using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autodir
Install autodir Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autodir using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autodir
Install autodir 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 autodir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autodir
How To Uninstall autodir on Debian 9
To uninstall only the autodir package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autodir
Uninstall autodir And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autodir and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autodir
Remove autodir Configurations and Data
To remove autodir configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autodir
Remove autodir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autodir configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autodir
Dependencies
autodir have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autodir package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.