How To Install systemd-userdbd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-userdbd on Debian 12.
What is systemd-userdbd
systemd-userdbd is:
systemd-userdbd is a system service that multiplexes user/group lookups to all local services that provide JSON user/group record definitions to the system. In addition it synthesizes JSON user/group records from classic UNIX/glibc NSS user/group records in order to provide full backwards compatibility. It may also pick up statically defined JSON user/group records from drop-in files.
There are three methods to install systemd-userdbd 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 systemd-userdbd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-userdbd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-userdbd
Install systemd-userdbd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-userdbd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-userdbd
Install systemd-userdbd 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 systemd-userdbd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-userdbd
How To Uninstall systemd-userdbd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the systemd-userdbd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-userdbd
Uninstall systemd-userdbd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-userdbd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-userdbd
Remove systemd-userdbd Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-userdbd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-userdbd
Remove systemd-userdbd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-userdbd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-userdbd
Dependencies
systemd-userdbd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-userdbd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
