How to Install and Uninstall libnss-nis Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libnss-nis" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libnss-nis on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libnss-nis on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libnss-nis
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libnss-nis package on Kali Linux

Package: libnss-nis
Version: 3.1-5
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnsl2 (>= 1.0)
Size: 25656
SHA256: 6397a954bb23ceea5758eff40254c1912ee0af9abca88573d91b348bc40d01df
SHA1: 78d3cfc6679284671a9c2b17dc7a2ff0867195f9
MD5sum: 1f5270675a4b946810ebdc3d4407b3f4
Description: NSS module for using NIS as a naming service
This package provides a Name Service Switch that allows your NIS server
act as a name service. This means providing user account information,
group id's, host information, aliases, netgroups, and basically anything
else that you would normally get from /etc flat files.
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This module was formerly part of glibc, but is now standalone to be able
to link against TI-RPC for IPv6 support.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libn/libnss-nis/libnss-nis_3.1-5_amd64.deb