How To Install gss-ntlmssp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-ntlmssp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gss-ntlmssp-dev
gss-ntlmssp-dev is:
GSS-NTLMSSP is a GSSAPI mechanism plugin that implements NTLMSSP. NTLMSSP is a Microsoft Security Provider that implements various versions and falvors of the NTLM challenge-response family.
GSS-NTLMSSP, implements both NTLM and NTLMv2 and all the various security variants to the key exchange that Microsoft introduced and documented over time.
This code implements the NTLMSSP mechanism as a GSSAPI loadable mechanism and has been tested to work with MIT Kerberos’ 1.11 implementation of GSSAPI.
This package supplies the development header.
There are three methods to install gss-ntlmssp-dev 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 gss-ntlmssp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gss-ntlmssp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gss-ntlmssp-dev
Install gss-ntlmssp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gss-ntlmssp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gss-ntlmssp-dev
Install gss-ntlmssp-dev 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 gss-ntlmssp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gss-ntlmssp-dev
How To Uninstall gss-ntlmssp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gss-ntlmssp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gss-ntlmssp-dev
Uninstall gss-ntlmssp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gss-ntlmssp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gss-ntlmssp-dev
Remove gss-ntlmssp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gss-ntlmssp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gss-ntlmssp-dev
Remove gss-ntlmssp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gss-ntlmssp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gss-ntlmssp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-ntlmssp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
