How To Install libnss-winbind on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-winbind on Debian 10.
What is libnss-winbind
libnss-winbind is:
Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems. Samba can also function as an NT4-style domain controller, and can integrate with both NT4 domains and Active Directory realms as a member server.
This package provides nss_winbind, a plugin that integrates with a local winbindd server to provide user/group name lookups to the system; and nss_wins, which provides hostname lookups via both the NBNS and NetBIOS broadcast protocols.
There are three methods to install libnss-winbind on Debian 10. 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-winbind 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-winbind using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-winbind
Install libnss-winbind Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-winbind using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-winbind
Install libnss-winbind 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-winbind using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-winbind
How To Uninstall libnss-winbind on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libnss-winbind package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-winbind
Uninstall libnss-winbind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-winbind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-winbind
Remove libnss-winbind Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-winbind configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-winbind
Remove libnss-winbind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-winbind configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-winbind
Dependencies
libnss-winbind have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-winbind package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.