How to Install and Uninstall nis Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "nis" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nis on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nis on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 nis package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: nis
Architecture: all
Version: 4.4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Francesco Paolo Lovergine
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 42
Depends: ypserv, ypbind-mt, yp-tools (>= 4.2.3-3~), lsb-base
Filename: pool/universe/n/nis/nis_4.4_all.deb
Size: 13980
MD5sum: ce44ca2cfd3e2892642f0f25ef0d81c3
SHA1: 5405c08c6712ccd3e496e5d1c12639e97a0ab80e
SHA256: a71441a38166e11a70e594f27091f56959738ce7a60b4e62aec57071474e4323
SHA512: bc936b58d24e6c633bd05bfac24b4e22490452870db7b224ab557d15c611eb55a4097deb043707c0e2ae6cad150fb6c3261afeb20d2bfbc12739ca6bdf4ca5cd
Description-en: Network Information Service (NIS)
This meta-package provides tools for setting up and maintaining a NIS domain.
NIS, originally known as Yellow Pages (YP), is mostly used to let
several machines in a network share the same account information, such
as the password file.
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This package depends on daemons, client and tools components which could
be also used independently to provide services for multiple hosts.
- ypserv
- ypbind-mt
- yp-tools
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Please, read and follow /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto to setup
servers and clients in the proper way.
Description-md5: 59c377fded4f128e725f32782f078341