How To Install nordugrid-arc-egiis on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-egiis on Debian 9. nordugrid-arc-egiis is ARC EGIIS service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-egiis on Debian 9.

What is nordugrid-arc-egiis

nordugrid-arc-egiis is:

NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the free Grid middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC).

The EGIIS is the Information Index Service used by ARC, This service is used to set up a LDAP-based server that local information systems (ARIS) register to.

There are three methods to install nordugrid-arc-egiis on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nordugrid-arc-egiis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nordugrid-arc-egiis

Install nordugrid-arc-egiis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nordugrid-arc-egiis using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nordugrid-arc-egiis

Install nordugrid-arc-egiis 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 nordugrid-arc-egiis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nordugrid-arc-egiis

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-egiis on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc-egiis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nordugrid-arc-egiis

Uninstall nordugrid-arc-egiis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nordugrid-arc-egiis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nordugrid-arc-egiis

Remove nordugrid-arc-egiis Configurations and Data

To remove nordugrid-arc-egiis configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nordugrid-arc-egiis

Remove nordugrid-arc-egiis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nordugrid-arc-egiis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nordugrid-arc-egiis

Dependencies

nordugrid-arc-egiis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-egiis package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.