How To Install liblcas-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcas-dev on Kali Linux. liblcas-dev is Local Centre Authorization Service development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcas-dev on Kali Linux.

What is liblcas-dev

liblcas-dev is:

LCAS makes binary (‘yes’ or ’no’) authorization decisions at the site and resource level. In making this decision, it can use a variety of inputs: the ‘grid’ name of the user (the Subject Distinguished Name), any VO attributes the user has (like VOMS FQANs), the name of the executable the user intends to execute. It supports basic black and white list functionality, but also more complex VOMS-based expressions, based on the GACL language.

This package contains the development libraries.

There are three methods to install liblcas-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblcas-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblcas-dev

Install liblcas-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblcas-dev

Install liblcas-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install liblcas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblcas-dev

How To Uninstall liblcas-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblcas-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblcas-dev

Uninstall liblcas-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblcas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcas-dev

Remove liblcas-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblcas-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcas-dev

Remove liblcas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblcas-dev

Dependencies

liblcas-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcas-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.