How To Install nslcd-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nslcd-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nslcd-utils
nslcd-utils is:
This package provides tools to query and update information in LDAP via nslcd:
- chsh.ldap - change a user’s shell in LDAP;
- getent.ldap - perform LDAP lookups bypassing nsswitch configuration.
There are three methods to install nslcd-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nslcd-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 nslcd-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nslcd-utils
Install nslcd-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nslcd-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nslcd-utils
Install nslcd-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nslcd-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nslcd-utils
How To Uninstall nslcd-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nslcd-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nslcd-utils
Uninstall nslcd-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nslcd-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nslcd-utils
Remove nslcd-utils Configurations and Data
To remove nslcd-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nslcd-utils
Remove nslcd-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nslcd-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nslcd-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nslcd-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.