How To Install ldap-auth-config on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-auth-config on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ldap-auth-config
ldap-auth-config is:
This is the LDAP authentication config package. It depends on the meta package necessary for a Linux system to authenticate to a LDAP server.
There are three methods to install ldap-auth-config on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ldap-auth-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldap-auth-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldap-auth-config
Install ldap-auth-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldap-auth-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldap-auth-config
Install ldap-auth-config 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 ldap-auth-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldap-auth-config
How To Uninstall ldap-auth-config on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ldap-auth-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldap-auth-config
Uninstall ldap-auth-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldap-auth-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldap-auth-config
Remove ldap-auth-config Configurations and Data
To remove ldap-auth-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldap-auth-config
Remove ldap-auth-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldap-auth-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldap-auth-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldap-auth-config package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
