How To Install oddjob-mkhomedir on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on Kali Linux. oddjob-mkhomedir is Oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on Kali Linux.

What is oddjob-mkhomedir

oddjob-mkhomedir is:

Oddjob is a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.

This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the pam_oddjob_mkhomedir module to create a home directory for a user at login-time.

There are three methods to install oddjob-mkhomedir 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 oddjob-mkhomedir Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oddjob-mkhomedir

Install oddjob-mkhomedir Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oddjob-mkhomedir

Install oddjob-mkhomedir 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 oddjob-mkhomedir using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oddjob-mkhomedir

How To Uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the oddjob-mkhomedir package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oddjob-mkhomedir

Uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oddjob-mkhomedir

Remove oddjob-mkhomedir Configurations and Data

To remove oddjob-mkhomedir configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oddjob-mkhomedir

Remove oddjob-mkhomedir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oddjob-mkhomedir

Dependencies

oddjob-mkhomedir have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.