How To Install libgssapi-krb5-2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgssapi-krb5-2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgssapi-krb5-2
libgssapi-krb5-2 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 the runtime library for the MIT Kerberos implementation of GSS-API used by applications and Kerberos clients. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Package: libgssapi-krb5-2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17-6ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: standard Section: libs Source: krb5 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Sam Hartman [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 426 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libk5crypto3 (>= 1.16), libkrb5-3 (= 1.17-6ubuntu4), libkrb5support0 (>= 1.15~beta1) Suggests: krb5-doc, krb5-user Breaks: moonshot-gss-eap (<= 1.0) Filename: pool/main/k/krb5/libgssapi-krb5-2_1.17-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 120784 MD5sum: fb889a1c547fb4f7c6a2ce5f1cf1ba64 SHA1: 5eeec5417968dda1ea406789dab4d6dee4d4fb8f SHA256: 599a4b54680248d1cb4df3602a40e9f02325f4876376cd059e79e025d56c72e1 Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ Description-en: MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism 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 the runtime library for the MIT Kerberos implementation of GSS-API used by applications and Kerberos clients. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install libgssapi-krb5-2 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgssapi-krb5-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgssapi-krb5-2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgssapi-krb5-2
Install libgssapi-krb5-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgssapi-krb5-2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgssapi-krb5-2
Install libgssapi-krb5-2 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 libgssapi-krb5-2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgssapi-krb5-2
How To Uninstall libgssapi-krb5-2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgssapi-krb5-2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgssapi-krb5-2
Uninstall libgssapi-krb5-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgssapi-krb5-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgssapi-krb5-2
Remove libgssapi-krb5-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libgssapi-krb5-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgssapi-krb5-2
Remove libgssapi-krb5-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgssapi-krb5-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgssapi-krb5-2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgssapi-krb5-2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.