How To Install ldap-git-backup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-git-backup on Kali Linux.

What is ldap-git-backup

ldap-git-backup is:

ldap-git-backup (creates and) updates a Git repository which contains the current LDIF dump of an LDAP directory. Given that writes are rare in an LDAP directory and confined to a few entries for each write Git will store the entire history of an LDAP directory in a space efficient way.

By default the backups are done with slapcat from OpenLDAP but can be done with any command that dumps the current contents of an LDAP directory in LDIF format.

There are three methods to install ldap-git-backup on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ldap-git-backup Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ldap-git-backup

Install ldap-git-backup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ldap-git-backup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ldap-git-backup

Install ldap-git-backup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ldap-git-backup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldap-git-backup

How To Uninstall ldap-git-backup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ldap-git-backup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ldap-git-backup

Uninstall ldap-git-backup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ldap-git-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldap-git-backup

Remove ldap-git-backup Configurations and Data

To remove ldap-git-backup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldap-git-backup

Remove ldap-git-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ldap-git-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldap-git-backup

Dependencies

ldap-git-backup have the following dependencies:

• git
• perl
• perl-doc

References

• ldap-git-backup website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-git-backup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.