How to Install and Uninstall nslcd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "nslcd" package

This is a short guide on how to install nslcd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall nslcd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nslcd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nslcd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nslcd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 431
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Arthur de Jong
Architecture: amd64
Source: nss-pam-ldapd
Version: 0.9.6-3
Replaces: libnss-ldapd (<< 0.7.0), nslcd-2
Provides: nslcd-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.15), adduser
Pre-Depends: 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)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nss-pam-ldapd/nslcd_0.9.6-3_amd64.deb
Size: 168138
MD5sum: 359800f5ef7f77a6376cd4a63a5583df
SHA1: 05b8570ec625ff9c1fdd2ca4ed8d71e1d772bc49
SHA256: b0fbfb99b48f00d69a73267c540dbc24b85d4a8b900db49bffe7214bebede847
Description-en: daemon for NSS and PAM lookups using LDAP
This package provides a daemon for retrieving user accounts and similar
system information from LDAP. It is used by the libnss-ldapd and libpam-ldapd
packages but is not very useful by itself.
Description-md5: 9d9eb0997c3878afcc05d90074bb2d97
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu