How To Install libpam-pwdfile on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-pwdfile
on Debian 11.
What is libpam-pwdfile
libpam-pwdfile is:
This PAM module lets you use an arbitrarily-named text file similar in structure to /etc/passwd to authenticate users. It supports libc’s crypt plus md5crypt with a broken md5 and Digital UNIX’s bigcrypt.
There are three methods to install libpam-pwdfile
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 libpam-pwdfile 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-pwdfile
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-pwdfile
Install libpam-pwdfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-pwdfile
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-pwdfile
Install libpam-pwdfile 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-pwdfile
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-pwdfile
How To Uninstall libpam-pwdfile on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libpam-pwdfile
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-pwdfile
Uninstall libpam-pwdfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-pwdfile
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-pwdfile
Remove libpam-pwdfile Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-pwdfile
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-pwdfile
Remove libpam-pwdfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-pwdfile
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-pwdfile
Dependencies
libpam-pwdfile have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-pwdfile
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.