How To Install perdition-ldap on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perdition-ldap on Debian 9.

What is perdition-ldap

perdition-ldap is:

Perdition allows for arbitrary user database access through shared libraries much in the manner of NSS in glibc. This package allows a user database to be sourced from LDAP

There are three methods to install perdition-ldap on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install perdition-ldap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install perdition-ldap

Install perdition-ldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install perdition-ldap

Install perdition-ldap 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install perdition-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perdition-ldap

How To Uninstall perdition-ldap on Debian 9

To uninstall only the perdition-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove perdition-ldap

Uninstall perdition-ldap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall perdition-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perdition-ldap

Remove perdition-ldap Configurations and Data

To remove perdition-ldap configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge perdition-ldap

Remove perdition-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perdition-ldap

Dependencies

perdition-ldap have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdb5.3
• libldap-2.4-2
• libvanessa-logger0
• perdition

References

• perdition-ldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perdition-ldap package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.