How To Install opensaml2-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-tools on Debian 9. opensaml2-tools is Security Assertion Markup Language command-line tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-tools on Debian 9.

What is opensaml2-tools

opensaml2-tools 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 samlsign, a command-line tool for signing and verifying SAML assertions.

There are three methods to install opensaml2-tools 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 opensaml2-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install opensaml2-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opensaml2-tools

Install opensaml2-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opensaml2-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opensaml2-tools

Install opensaml2-tools 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 opensaml2-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensaml2-tools

How To Uninstall opensaml2-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the opensaml2-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensaml2-tools

Uninstall opensaml2-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensaml2-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensaml2-tools

Remove opensaml2-tools Configurations and Data

To remove opensaml2-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensaml2-tools

Remove opensaml2-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opensaml2-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensaml2-tools

Dependencies

opensaml2-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.