How To Install pynslcd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pynslcd on Kali Linux.

What is pynslcd

pynslcd is:

This package provides a daemon for retrieving user accounts and similar system information from LDAP. It is used by the libnss-ldapd and libpam-ldapd packages but is not very useful by itself.

This is an alternative Python implementation of nslcd. Note that it is currently EXPERIMENTAL and has not undergone the same testing as nslcd.

There are three methods to install pynslcd 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 pynslcd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pynslcd

Install pynslcd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pynslcd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pynslcd

Install pynslcd 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 pynslcd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pynslcd

How To Uninstall pynslcd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pynslcd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pynslcd

Uninstall pynslcd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pynslcd

Remove pynslcd Configurations and Data

To remove pynslcd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pynslcd

Remove pynslcd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pynslcd

Dependencies

pynslcd have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• pynslcd website

Summary

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