How To Install kredentials on Debian 9
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.