How To Install libpam-modules-bin on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpam-modules-bin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpam-modules-bin is Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM - helper binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-modules-bin on Debian 10.

What is libpam-modules-bin

libpam-modules-bin is:

This package contains helper binaries used by the standard set of PAM modules in the libpam-modules package.

There are three methods to install libpam-modules-bin 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 libpam-modules-bin 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-modules-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-modules-bin

Install libpam-modules-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpam-modules-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpam-modules-bin

Install libpam-modules-bin 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 libpam-modules-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-modules-bin

How To Uninstall libpam-modules-bin on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libpam-modules-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpam-modules-bin

Uninstall libpam-modules-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpam-modules-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-modules-bin

Remove libpam-modules-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libpam-modules-bin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-modules-bin

Remove libpam-modules-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpam-modules-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-modules-bin

Dependencies

libpam-modules-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-modules-bin package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.