How To Install libkntlm4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkntlm4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libkntlm4 is NTLM Authentication Library for the KDE Platform

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkntlm4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libkntlm4

libkntlm4 is:

This library is useful for creating the authentication structures which can be used for various servers which implement NTLM type authentication. A comprehensive description of the NTLM authentication protocol can be found at http://davenport.sourceforge.net/ntlm.html

The library also provides subroutines to create the LanManager and NT (MD4) hashes of a password.

This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.

There are three methods to install libkntlm4 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkntlm4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkntlm4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkntlm4

Install libkntlm4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkntlm4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkntlm4

Install libkntlm4 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libkntlm4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkntlm4

How To Uninstall libkntlm4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libkntlm4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkntlm4

Uninstall libkntlm4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkntlm4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkntlm4

Remove libkntlm4 Configurations and Data

To remove libkntlm4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkntlm4

Remove libkntlm4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkntlm4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkntlm4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkntlm4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.