How To Install gosa-plugin-netgroups on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-netgroups on Ubuntu 18.04. gosa-plugin-netgroups is NIS netgroups plugin for GOsa²

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-netgroups on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gosa-plugin-netgroups

gosa-plugin-netgroups is:

Manage LDAP-based NIS netgroups with GOsa².

GOsa² is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-plugin-netgroups on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gosa-plugin-netgroups Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-netgroups using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-plugin-netgroups

Install gosa-plugin-netgroups Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-netgroups using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gosa-plugin-netgroups

Install gosa-plugin-netgroups 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-netgroups using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-plugin-netgroups

How To Uninstall gosa-plugin-netgroups on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gosa-plugin-netgroups package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-plugin-netgroups

Uninstall gosa-plugin-netgroups And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gosa-plugin-netgroups and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-plugin-netgroups

Remove gosa-plugin-netgroups Configurations and Data

To remove gosa-plugin-netgroups configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-plugin-netgroups

Remove gosa-plugin-netgroups configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gosa-plugin-netgroups configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-plugin-netgroups

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-netgroups package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.