How To Install kwartz-client on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwartz-client on Debian 12.
What is kwartz-client
kwartz-client is:
Kwartz is a school server featuring many services, deployed in French schools. This package makes it easier for sysadmins to integrate a GNU-Linux client machine in a network ruled by a Kwartz service, to allow users to authenticate against the LDAP directory, auto-mount Samba shares for themselves, and for the groups and projects they belong to.
There are three methods to install kwartz-client on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kwartz-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kwartz-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kwartz-client
Install kwartz-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kwartz-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kwartz-client
Install kwartz-client 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 kwartz-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kwartz-client
How To Uninstall kwartz-client on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kwartz-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kwartz-client
Uninstall kwartz-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kwartz-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwartz-client
Remove kwartz-client Configurations and Data
To remove kwartz-client configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kwartz-client
Remove kwartz-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kwartz-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwartz-client
Dependencies
kwartz-client have the following dependencies:
- libpam-ldapd
- libnss-ldapd
- libpam-modules
- inetutils-inetd
- debconf
- cifs-utils
- smbclient
- winbind
- libpam-mount-bin
- oidentd
- hxtools
- zenity
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kwartz-client package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.