How To Install libgssrpc4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgssrpc4 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgssrpc4
libgssrpc4 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 an RPC library used by the Kerberos administrative programs and potentially other applications.
Package: libgssrpc4 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17-6ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional 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: 238 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17) Suggests: krb5-doc, krb5-user Filename: pool/main/k/krb5/libgssrpc4_1.17-6ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 55308 MD5sum: c1ba2f256a857295ee31122f4a704217 SHA1: a68566cd186873ca0c5a3338d450c41fafeaade8 SHA256: 5f3e6333a47610c653086c253a9f2560539ab5178439dd522a5aed88bca845ea Homepage: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/ Description-en: MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - GSS enabled ONCRPC 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 an RPC library used by the Kerberos administrative programs and potentially other applications.
There are three methods to install libgssrpc4 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 libgssrpc4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgssrpc4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgssrpc4
Install libgssrpc4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgssrpc4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgssrpc4
Install libgssrpc4 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 libgssrpc4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgssrpc4
How To Uninstall libgssrpc4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgssrpc4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgssrpc4
Uninstall libgssrpc4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgssrpc4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgssrpc4
Remove libgssrpc4 Configurations and Data
To remove libgssrpc4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgssrpc4
Remove libgssrpc4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgssrpc4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgssrpc4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgssrpc4 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
