How To Install freeipa-client-epn on Debian 12

Learn how to install freeipa-client-epn on Debian 12 with this tutorial. freeipa-client-epn is FreeIPA centralized identity framework – tools for configuring Expiring Password Notification

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-client-epn on Debian 12.

What is freeipa-client-epn

freeipa-client-epn is:

FreeIPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (machine, user, virtual machines, groups, authentication credentials), Policy (configuration settings, access control information) and Audit (events, logs, analysis thereof).

This package provides a service to collect and send expiring password notifications via email (SMTP).

There are three methods to install freeipa-client-epn on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freeipa-client-epn Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install freeipa-client-epn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freeipa-client-epn

Install freeipa-client-epn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install freeipa-client-epn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install freeipa-client-epn

Install freeipa-client-epn 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 freeipa-client-epn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freeipa-client-epn

How To Uninstall freeipa-client-epn on Debian 12

To uninstall only the freeipa-client-epn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freeipa-client-epn

Uninstall freeipa-client-epn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freeipa-client-epn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipa-client-epn

Remove freeipa-client-epn Configurations and Data

To remove freeipa-client-epn configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freeipa-client-epn

Remove freeipa-client-epn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove freeipa-client-epn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipa-client-epn

Dependencies

freeipa-client-epn have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-client-epn package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.