How To Install shelldap on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 367 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shelldap on Ubuntu.
What is shelldap
shelldap is:
Shelldap lets you browse and edit an LDAP tree as if it were a filesystem. It keeps command history, has sane autocompletes, credential caching, site-wide and individual configs, and it’s fun to say. Shelldap! Shelldap! Shelldap!
There are three methods to install shelldap 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 shelldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shelldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shelldap
Install shelldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shelldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shelldap
Install shelldap 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 shelldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shelldap
How To Uninstall shelldap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the shelldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shelldap
Uninstall shelldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shelldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shelldap
Remove shelldap Configurations and Data
To remove shelldap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shelldap
Remove shelldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shelldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shelldap
Dependencies
shelldap have the following dependencies:
- libalgorithm-diff-perl
- libnet-ldap-perl
- libterm-readkey-perl
- libterm-readline-gnu-perl
- libterm-shell-perl
- libtie-ixhash-perl
- libyaml-syck-perl
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shelldap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.