How To Install nscd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nscd on Debian 9.
What is nscd
nscd is:
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups for running programs and caches the results for the next query. You should install this package only if you use slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
There are three methods to install nscd 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 nscd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nscd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nscd
Install nscd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nscd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nscd
Install nscd 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 nscd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nscd
How To Uninstall nscd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nscd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nscd
Uninstall nscd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nscd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nscd
Remove nscd Configurations and Data
To remove nscd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nscd
Remove nscd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nscd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nscd
Dependencies
nscd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nscd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.