How To Install oddjob-mkhomedir on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 oddjob-mkhomedir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oddjob-mkhomedir
How To Uninstall oddjob-mkhomedir on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob-mkhomedir package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
