How To Install nd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nd on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.