How To Install libsaml10 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsaml10 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsaml10 is Security Assertion Markup Language library (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaml10 on Debian 10.

What is libsaml10

libsaml10 is:

OpenSAML is an open source implementation of the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language Specification. It contains a set of open source C++ classes that support the SAML 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 specifications.

This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the OpenSAML library.

There are three methods to install libsaml10 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsaml10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsaml10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsaml10

Install libsaml10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsaml10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsaml10

Install libsaml10 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 libsaml10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsaml10

How To Uninstall libsaml10 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsaml10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsaml10

Uninstall libsaml10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsaml10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaml10

Remove libsaml10 Configurations and Data

To remove libsaml10 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsaml10

Remove libsaml10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsaml10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaml10

Dependencies

libsaml10 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaml10 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.