How To Install freeipa-client-samba on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-client-samba on Debian 12.
What is freeipa-client-samba
freeipa-client-samba 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 command-line tools to deploy Samba domain member on the machine enrolled into a FreeIPA environment.
There are three methods to install freeipa-client-samba 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-samba 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-samba using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipa-client-samba
Install freeipa-client-samba Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipa-client-samba using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipa-client-samba
Install freeipa-client-samba 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-samba using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipa-client-samba
How To Uninstall freeipa-client-samba on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freeipa-client-samba package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipa-client-samba
Uninstall freeipa-client-samba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipa-client-samba and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipa-client-samba
Remove freeipa-client-samba Configurations and Data
To remove freeipa-client-samba configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipa-client-samba
Remove freeipa-client-samba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipa-client-samba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipa-client-samba
Dependencies
freeipa-client-samba have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-client-samba package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
