How To Install libpam-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpam-ldap
libpam-ldap is:
This package provides an interface between an LDAP server and the PAM user authentication system. Using it along with libnss-ldapd or libnss-ldap allows LDAP to entirely replace other lookup methods (such as NIS or flat-file) for system account tables.
There are three methods to install libpam-ldap 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 libpam-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-ldap
Install libpam-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-ldap
Install libpam-ldap 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 libpam-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-ldap
How To Uninstall libpam-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpam-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-ldap
Uninstall libpam-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-ldap
Remove libpam-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-ldap
Remove libpam-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-ldap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-ldap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
