How To Install cfingerd on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfingerd on Debian 10.
What is cfingerd
cfingerd is:
This is a free replacement for standard finger daemons such as GNU fingerd and MIT fingerd. Cfingerd can enable/disable finger services to individual users, rather than to all users on a given host. It is able to respond to a finger request to a specified user by running a shell script (e.g., finger [email protected] might cause a sound file to be sent) rather than just a plain text file.
There are three methods to install cfingerd 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 cfingerd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cfingerd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cfingerd
Install cfingerd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cfingerd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cfingerd
Install cfingerd 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 cfingerd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cfingerd
How To Uninstall cfingerd on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cfingerd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cfingerd
Uninstall cfingerd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cfingerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cfingerd
Remove cfingerd Configurations and Data
To remove cfingerd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cfingerd
Remove cfingerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cfingerd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cfingerd
Dependencies
cfingerd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfingerd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.