How To Install wsdd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd on Debian 12.
What is wsdd
wsdd is:
This daemon is used to announce Linux Hosts to Windows 7+ computers for use in their File Manager network browsing, by using the Windows Services Discovery Protocol.
This protocol is a local network segment procotol, which is multicasted on udp/3072, and incoming on tcp/5357 on the 239.255.255.250/ff02::c multicast addresses. It DOES have security issues, but it is designed for use in a trusted environment inside a firewall.
Its quite useful for Samba, taking over from WINS and the Samba nmbd daemon. Installing this restores the Network browsing functionality to Windows 7+ Samba clients.
There are three methods to install wsdd 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 wsdd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wsdd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wsdd
Install wsdd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wsdd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wsdd
Install wsdd 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 wsdd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wsdd
How To Uninstall wsdd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wsdd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wsdd
Uninstall wsdd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wsdd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wsdd
Remove wsdd Configurations and Data
To remove wsdd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wsdd
Remove wsdd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wsdd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wsdd
Dependencies
wsdd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
