How To Install liblcas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 liblcas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblcas-dev
How To Uninstall liblcas-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcas-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
