How To Install ident2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ident2 on Debian 10.
What is ident2
ident2 is:
ident2 is an advanced, configurable ident daemon. You can set it to lie, not lie, or not return any response at all, and it is per-user configurable (e.g. if user daniel was IRCing, it’d use ~daniel/.ident for its config, if user kim was IRCing, it’d use ~kim/.ident). The admin can specify whether users can configure the type of return they want or not.
There are three methods to install ident2 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 ident2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ident2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ident2
Install ident2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ident2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ident2
Install ident2 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 ident2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ident2
How To Uninstall ident2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ident2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ident2
Uninstall ident2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ident2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ident2
Remove ident2 Configurations and Data
To remove ident2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ident2
Remove ident2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ident2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ident2
Dependencies
ident2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ident2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.