How To Install ng-utils on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ng-utils on Debian 11. ng-utils is Tool to access netgroups from the command line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ng-utils on Debian 11.

What is ng-utils

ng-utils is:

Includes tools to dump and look up hosts, users and domains from the netgroup database. The netgroup tool is used to list all members of a netgroup, while the innetgr tool is used to check if a given user/host is listed as a member of a netgroup.

There are three methods to install ng-utils 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 ng-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ng-utils

Install ng-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ng-utils

Install ng-utils 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 ng-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ng-utils

How To Uninstall ng-utils on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ng-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ng-utils

Uninstall ng-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ng-utils

Remove ng-utils Configurations and Data

To remove ng-utils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ng-utils

Remove ng-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ng-utils

Dependencies

ng-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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