How To Install samba-ad-provision on Debian 12

Learn how to install samba-ad-provision on Debian 12 with this tutorial. samba-ad-provision is Samba files needed for AD domain provision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-ad-provision on Debian 12.

What is samba-ad-provision

samba-ad-provision is:

Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems, providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.

This package contains files to setup an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC).

There are three methods to install samba-ad-provision on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install samba-ad-provision Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install samba-ad-provision

Install samba-ad-provision Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install samba-ad-provision using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install samba-ad-provision

Install samba-ad-provision 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 samba-ad-provision using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install samba-ad-provision

How To Uninstall samba-ad-provision on Debian 12

To uninstall only the samba-ad-provision package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove samba-ad-provision

Uninstall samba-ad-provision And Its Dependencies

To uninstall samba-ad-provision and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove samba-ad-provision

Remove samba-ad-provision Configurations and Data

To remove samba-ad-provision configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge samba-ad-provision

Remove samba-ad-provision configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove samba-ad-provision configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge samba-ad-provision

Dependencies

samba-ad-provision have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-ad-provision package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.