How To Install autofs-ldap on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs-ldap
on Debian 11.
What is autofs-ldap
autofs-ldap is:
Autofs controls the operation of the automount daemons. The automount daemons automatically mount filesystems when they are used and unmount them after a period of inactivity. This is done based on a set of pre-configured maps.
The kernel automounter implements an almost complete SunOS style automounter under Linux. A recent version of the kernel autofs4 module (builtin or separate) is required.
This is the LDAP module of the autofs.
There are three methods to install autofs-ldap
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 autofs-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autofs-ldap
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autofs-ldap
Install autofs-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autofs-ldap
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autofs-ldap
Install autofs-ldap 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 autofs-ldap
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autofs-ldap
How To Uninstall autofs-ldap on Debian 11
To uninstall only the autofs-ldap
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autofs-ldap
Uninstall autofs-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autofs-ldap
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autofs-ldap
Remove autofs-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove autofs-ldap
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autofs-ldap
Remove autofs-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autofs-ldap
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autofs-ldap
Dependencies
autofs-ldap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autofs-ldap
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.