How To Install ldapvi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ldapvi
ldapvi is:
From a first glance ldapvi looks like ldapsearch: You search for entries in the ldap database. But the results get opened in your preferred editor, and you can change, add or delete entries from there. After you are done you quit the editor and ldapvi offers you several options: View your changes as LDIF, commit changes or discard them.
There are three methods to install ldapvi
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ldapvi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldapvi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldapvi
Install ldapvi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldapvi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldapvi
Install ldapvi 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 ldapvi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldapvi
How To Uninstall ldapvi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ldapvi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldapvi
Uninstall ldapvi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldapvi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldapvi
Remove ldapvi Configurations and Data
To remove ldapvi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldapvi
Remove ldapvi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldapvi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldapvi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldapvi
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.