How to Install and Uninstall nscd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nscd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install nscd on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nscd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nscd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nscd package on Kali Linux

Package: nscd
Source: glibc
Version: 2.37-12
Installed-Size: 246
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>> 2.37), libc6 (<< 2.38), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Size: 103172
SHA256: a27e8486a744e03e8143d9c2e52971eaca05f53a9430f2a85998b3a7fa61ac6b
SHA1: 3b61cdfa5e936415ececa040f27d64487d4256e8
MD5sum: a07e48819c00ccfe5c3132e78c6c7270
Description: GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
for running programs and caches the results for the next
query. You should install this package only if you use
slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::dns, role::program,
suite::gnu, use::proxying
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/nscd_2.37-12_amd64.deb