How To Install nss-updatedb on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-updatedb on Kali Linux.
What is nss-updatedb
nss-updatedb is:
This package contains a script, nss_updatedb, which can be used to maintain local caches of user and group directories. These can then be used by the DB Name Service Switch module (libnss-db) to provide name service when the system is offline.
These tools are designed to work with libpam-ldap and libnss-ldap.
There are three methods to install nss-updatedb 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 nss-updatedb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nss-updatedb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nss-updatedbInstall nss-updatedb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nss-updatedb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nss-updatedbInstall nss-updatedb 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nss-updatedb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nss-updatedbHow To Uninstall nss-updatedb on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nss-updatedb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nss-updatedbUninstall nss-updatedb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nss-updatedb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nss-updatedbRemove nss-updatedb Configurations and Data
To remove nss-updatedb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nss-updatedbRemove nss-updatedb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nss-updatedb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nss-updatedbDependencies
nss-updatedb have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-updatedb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.