How To Install cipux-passwd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cipux-passwd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cipux-passwd
cipux-passwd is:
CipUX is a modular framework for information abstraction and administration, primarily aimed at administration of users, groups and organisational resources stored in a central LDAP database.
This package contains the command-line tool cipuxpasswd to change your password via CipUX XML-RPC protocol.
There are three methods to install cipux-passwd on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cipux-passwd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cipux-passwd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cipux-passwd
Install cipux-passwd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cipux-passwd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cipux-passwd
Install cipux-passwd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cipux-passwd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cipux-passwd
How To Uninstall cipux-passwd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cipux-passwd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cipux-passwd
Uninstall cipux-passwd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cipux-passwd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cipux-passwd
Remove cipux-passwd Configurations and Data
To remove cipux-passwd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cipux-passwd
Remove cipux-passwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cipux-passwd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cipux-passwd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cipux-passwd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
