How To Install phpldapadmin on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phpldapadmin on Ubuntu.
What is phpldapadmin
phpldapadmin is:
phpLDAPadmin is a web-based LDAP client. It provides easy, anywhere-accessible, multi-language administration for your LDAP server. Its hierarchical tree-viewer and advanced search functionality make it intuitive to browse and administer your LDAP directory. Since it is a web application, this LDAP browser works on many platforms, making your LDAP server easily manageable from any location. Usually, you may access PLA by pointing your browser to http://
/phpldapadmin .
There are three methods to install phpldapadmin on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install phpldapadmin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install phpldapadmin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phpldapadmin
Install phpldapadmin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phpldapadmin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phpldapadmin
Install phpldapadmin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install phpldapadmin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phpldapadmin
How To Uninstall phpldapadmin on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the phpldapadmin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phpldapadmin
Uninstall phpldapadmin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phpldapadmin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpldapadmin
Remove phpldapadmin Configurations and Data
To remove phpldapadmin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phpldapadmin
Remove phpldapadmin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phpldapadmin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpldapadmin
Dependencies
phpldapadmin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phpldapadmin package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.