How To Install krb5-auth-dialog on Debian 10

Learn how to install krb5-auth-dialog on Debian 10 with this tutorial. krb5-auth-dialog is tray applet for reauthenticating kerberos tickets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-auth-dialog on Debian 10.

What is krb5-auth-dialog

krb5-auth-dialog is:

krb5-auth-dialog is a simple tray applet that monitors kerberos tickets. It pops up reminders when the ticket is about to expire. Tickets can be refreshed at any time by clicking on the tray icon. It can also operate in “classic mode” as a simple dialog without any trayicon.

It features ticket autorenewal and supports pkinit.

There are three methods to install krb5-auth-dialog 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 krb5-auth-dialog Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install krb5-auth-dialog using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install krb5-auth-dialog

Install krb5-auth-dialog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install krb5-auth-dialog using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install krb5-auth-dialog

Install krb5-auth-dialog 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 krb5-auth-dialog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install krb5-auth-dialog

How To Uninstall krb5-auth-dialog on Debian 10

To uninstall only the krb5-auth-dialog package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove krb5-auth-dialog

Uninstall krb5-auth-dialog And Its Dependencies

To uninstall krb5-auth-dialog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove krb5-auth-dialog

Remove krb5-auth-dialog Configurations and Data

To remove krb5-auth-dialog configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge krb5-auth-dialog

Remove krb5-auth-dialog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove krb5-auth-dialog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krb5-auth-dialog

Dependencies

krb5-auth-dialog have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-auth-dialog package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.