How To Install sssd-dbus 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 sssd-dbus on Ubuntu.

What is sssd-dbus

sssd-dbus is:

Provides the D-Bus responder called InfoPipe, that allows the information from the SSSD to be transmitted over the system bus.

There are three methods to install sssd-dbus 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 sssd-dbus Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sssd-dbus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sssd-dbus

Install sssd-dbus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sssd-dbus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sssd-dbus

Install sssd-dbus 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 sssd-dbus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sssd-dbus

How To Uninstall sssd-dbus on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the sssd-dbus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sssd-dbus

Uninstall sssd-dbus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sssd-dbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sssd-dbus

Remove sssd-dbus Configurations and Data

To remove sssd-dbus configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sssd-dbus

Remove sssd-dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sssd-dbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sssd-dbus

Dependencies

sssd-dbus have the following dependencies:

• sssd-common
• libc6
• libdbus-1-3
• libdhash1
• libldb2
• libpopt0
• libselinux1
• libsystemd0
• libtalloc2
• libtdb1
• libtevent0

References

• sssd-dbus website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-dbus package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.