How To Install nscd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nscd on Kali Linux. nscd is GNU C Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nscd on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nscd

Remove nscd Configurations and Data

To remove nscd configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.