How To Install libpam-winbind on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpam-winbind on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpam-winbind is Windows domain authentication integration plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-winbind on Debian 12.

What is libpam-winbind

libpam-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 pam_winbind, a plugin that integrates with a local winbindd server to provide Windows domain authentication to the system.

There are three methods to install libpam-winbind on Debian 12. 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-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 libpam-winbind using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-winbind

Install libpam-winbind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-winbind

Install libpam-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 libpam-winbind using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-winbind

How To Uninstall libpam-winbind on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libpam-winbind

Uninstall libpam-winbind And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpam-winbind and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-winbind

Remove libpam-winbind Configurations and Data

To remove libpam-winbind configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-winbind

Remove libpam-winbind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-winbind

Dependencies

libpam-winbind have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-winbind package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.