How To Install kstart on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstart on Debian 9.
What is kstart
kstart is:
k5start can be used instead of kinit to obtain Kerberos tickets. krenew can be used instead of kinit -R to renew renewable tickets. They are intended primarily for use with automated or long-running processes and support some additional features useful for that purpose, such as running as a daemon and refreshing the ticket periodically, checking to see if an existing ticket has expired, or obtaining an AFS token along with the ticket by running an external program automatically.
There are three methods to install kstart 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 kstart Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kstart using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kstart
Install kstart Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kstart using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kstart
Install kstart 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 kstart using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kstart
How To Uninstall kstart on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kstart package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kstart
Uninstall kstart And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kstart and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kstart
Remove kstart Configurations and Data
To remove kstart configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kstart
Remove kstart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kstart configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kstart
Dependencies
kstart have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstart package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.