How To Install oidc-agent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oidc-agent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is oidc-agent
oidc-agent is:
oidc-agent is a set of tools to manage OpenID Connect tokens and make them easily usable from the command line.
This metapackage bundles the commandline tools and the files for desktop integration
There are three methods to install oidc-agent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install oidc-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oidc-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oidc-agent
Install oidc-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oidc-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oidc-agent
Install oidc-agent 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 oidc-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oidc-agent
How To Uninstall oidc-agent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the oidc-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oidc-agent
Uninstall oidc-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oidc-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oidc-agent
Remove oidc-agent Configurations and Data
To remove oidc-agent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oidc-agent
Remove oidc-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oidc-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oidc-agent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oidc-agent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
