How To Install nd on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nd on Debian 11.

What is nd

nd is:

nd is a command line tool to issue queries to a WebDAV server.

WebDAV stands for “Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning” (RFC 2518). It is a protocol built on top of HTTP, allowing users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers.

nd can be used to retrieve, submit, remove, and lock individual files, as well as retrieving information about them. It also supports proxying, as well as the authentication methods ‘Basic’ and now ‘Digest’ for protecting against unsolicited access.

It is smaller than the alternative tool Cadaver. However, nd has neither an interactive mode, nor has it support for SSL or TLS encrypted transmissions, but it is well suited for use in scripts.

nd is dependent on libxml2 and libmhash2.

There are three methods to install nd 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 nd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nd

Install nd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nd

Install nd 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 nd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nd

How To Uninstall nd on Debian 11

To uninstall only the nd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nd

Uninstall nd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nd

Remove nd Configurations and Data

To remove nd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nd

Remove nd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nd

Dependencies

nd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmhash2
• libxml2

References

• nd website
• nd on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.