How to Install and Uninstall libnss-nis Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libnss-nis on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libnss-nis" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libnss-nis on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libnss-nis
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libnss-nis" package

Learn how to uninstall libnss-nis on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-nis package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libnss-nis
Version: 3.1-4
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libc6 (<< 2.31-4)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libnsl2 (>= 1.0)
Breaks: libc6 (<< 2.31-4)
Description: NSS module for using NIS as a naming service
Description-md5: 565c2da031d683347dde58984d1547f2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnss-nis/libnss-nis_3.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 25648
MD5sum: 887062175bc7fdad8107a722d8ce807a
SHA256: d4611d7e23f262683dd3cdaac312e52e087e20dcaed17a68627cd0f917ca42a2