How To Install libvomsapi1v5 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvomsapi1v5 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvomsapi1v5 is Virtual Organization Membership Service C++ API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvomsapi1v5 on Debian 12.

What is libvomsapi1v5

libvomsapi1v5 is:

The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes.

This package provides libraries that applications using the VOMS functionality will bind to.

There are three methods to install libvomsapi1v5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvomsapi1v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvomsapi1v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvomsapi1v5

Install libvomsapi1v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvomsapi1v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvomsapi1v5

Install libvomsapi1v5 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 libvomsapi1v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvomsapi1v5

How To Uninstall libvomsapi1v5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libvomsapi1v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvomsapi1v5

Uninstall libvomsapi1v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvomsapi1v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvomsapi1v5

Remove libvomsapi1v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libvomsapi1v5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvomsapi1v5

Remove libvomsapi1v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvomsapi1v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvomsapi1v5

Dependencies

libvomsapi1v5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvomsapi1v5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.