How To Install krb5-gss-samples on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-gss-samples on Debian 9. krb5-gss-samples is MIT Kerberos GSS Sample applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-gss-samples on Debian 9.

What is krb5-gss-samples

krb5-gss-samples is:

Kerberos is a system for authenticating users and services on a network. Kerberos is a trusted third-party service. That means that there is a third party (the Kerberos server) that is trusted by all the entities on the network (users and services, usually called “principals”).

This is the MIT reference implementation of Kerberos V5.

This package contains bgss-sample and gss-server, programs used to test GSS-API mechanisms. These programs are most commonly used in testing newly developed GSS-API mechanisms or in testing events between Kerberos or GSS implementations.

There are three methods to install krb5-gss-samples on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install krb5-gss-samples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install krb5-gss-samples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install krb5-gss-samples

Install krb5-gss-samples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install krb5-gss-samples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install krb5-gss-samples

Install krb5-gss-samples 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install krb5-gss-samples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install krb5-gss-samples

How To Uninstall krb5-gss-samples on Debian 9

To uninstall only the krb5-gss-samples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove krb5-gss-samples

Uninstall krb5-gss-samples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall krb5-gss-samples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove krb5-gss-samples

Remove krb5-gss-samples Configurations and Data

To remove krb5-gss-samples configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge krb5-gss-samples

Remove krb5-gss-samples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove krb5-gss-samples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krb5-gss-samples

Dependencies

krb5-gss-samples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-gss-samples package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.