How To Install kredentials on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install kredentials on Debian 9. kredentials is KDE taskbar applet to update kerberos/AFS credentials

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kredentials on Debian 9.

What is kredentials

kredentials is:

kredentials is a taskbar applet to periodically renew kerberos tickets and AFS tokens. Although targeted for KDE, it is expected to be fully compatible with other desktop environments.

There are three methods to install kredentials on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kredentials Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kredentials

Install kredentials Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kredentials using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kredentials

Install kredentials 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 kredentials using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kredentials

How To Uninstall kredentials on Debian 9

To uninstall only the kredentials package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kredentials

Uninstall kredentials And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kredentials and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kredentials

Remove kredentials Configurations and Data

To remove kredentials configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kredentials

Remove kredentials configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kredentials configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kredentials

Dependencies

kredentials have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kredentials package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.