How To Install scitokens-cpp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install scitokens-cpp on Ubuntu 22.04. scitokens-cpp is Binaries for scitokens-cpp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scitokens-cpp on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is scitokens-cpp

scitokens-cpp is:

Binaries for creating, verifying and testing scitokens.

There are three methods to install scitokens-cpp 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 scitokens-cpp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scitokens-cpp

Install scitokens-cpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scitokens-cpp

Install scitokens-cpp 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 scitokens-cpp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scitokens-cpp

How To Uninstall scitokens-cpp on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the scitokens-cpp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scitokens-cpp

Uninstall scitokens-cpp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall scitokens-cpp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scitokens-cpp

Remove scitokens-cpp Configurations and Data

To remove scitokens-cpp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge scitokens-cpp

Remove scitokens-cpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scitokens-cpp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scitokens-cpp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.