How To Install libnss-nis on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-nis
on Debian 11.
What is libnss-nis
libnss-nis is:
This package provides a Name Service Switch that allows your NIS 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.
This module was formerly part of glibc, but is now standalone to be able to link against TI-RPC for IPv6 support.
There are three methods to install libnss-nis
on Debian 11. 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-nis Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-nis
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-nis
Install libnss-nis Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-nis
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-nis
Install libnss-nis 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 libnss-nis
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-nis
How To Uninstall libnss-nis on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libnss-nis
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-nis
Uninstall libnss-nis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-nis
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-nis
Remove libnss-nis Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-nis
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-nis
Remove libnss-nis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-nis
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-nis
Dependencies
libnss-nis have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-nis
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.