How To Install krb5-config on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-config on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is krb5-config
krb5-config is:
This package provides /etc/krb5.conf and any other files needed to configure Kerberos Version 5. This package may be used with one of the implementations of Kerberos in Debian, or with a locally built Kerberos. Generally this package will be installed as part of installing some Kerberos implementation.
There are three methods to install krb5-config 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 krb5-config 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-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install krb5-config
Install krb5-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install krb5-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install krb5-config
Install krb5-config 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 krb5-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install krb5-config
How To Uninstall krb5-config on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the krb5-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove krb5-config
Uninstall krb5-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall krb5-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove krb5-config
Remove krb5-config Configurations and Data
To remove krb5-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge krb5-config
Remove krb5-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove krb5-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krb5-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-config package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
