How To Install libnss-ldap on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-ldap on Kali Linux.
What is libnss-ldap
libnss-ldap is:
This package provides a Name Service Switch that allows your LDAP server act as a name service. This means providing user account information, group id’s, host information, aliases, netgroups, and basically anything else that you would normally get from /etc flat files or NIS.
If used with glibc 2.1’s nscd (Name Service Cache Daemon) it will help reduce your network traffic and speed up lookups for entries.
There are three methods to install libnss-ldap 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 libnss-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnss-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-ldapInstall libnss-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnss-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-ldapInstall libnss-ldap 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnss-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-ldapHow To Uninstall libnss-ldap on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libnss-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-ldapUninstall libnss-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-ldapRemove libnss-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-ldap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-ldapRemove libnss-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-ldapDependencies
libnss-ldap have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-ldap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.