How to Install and Uninstall nslcd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nslcd" package

Please follow the steps below to install nslcd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nslcd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall nslcd 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 nslcd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nslcd
Source: nss-pam-ldapd
Version: 0.9.12-4
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Arthur de Jong
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libnss-ldapd (<< 0.7.0), nslcd-2
Provides: nslcd-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), adduser, ca-certificates
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: nscd, libnss-ldapd | libnss-ldap, libpam-ldapd | libpam-ldap | libpam-krb5 | libpam-heimdal | libpam-sss, nslcd-utils, ldap-utils, bind9-host | host
Suggests: kstart
Conflicts: nslcd-2
Breaks: libnss-ldapd (<< 0.9.0), libpam-ldapd (<< 0.9.0)
Description: daemon for NSS and PAM lookups using LDAP
Description-md5: 9d9eb0997c3878afcc05d90074bb2d97
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/
Tag: admin::login, admin::user-management, implemented-in::c,
interface::daemon, protocol::ldap, role::program,
security::authentication, use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd_0.9.12-4_amd64.deb
Size: 171944
MD5sum: 7de7fe3c459b518781baec33ea033adf
SHA256: bb0330f3f450067e6232569bcc2b40f71be8b479f7c36e4b5b4fc22a667fabc8