How To Install shibboleth-sp-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is shibboleth-sp-common
shibboleth-sp-common is:
The Shibboleth System is a standards based software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It supports authorization and attribute exchange using the OASIS SAML 2.0 protocol. Shibboleth allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources while allowing users to establish their identities with their local authentication systems.
This package contains common files used by the Shibboleth SP library, Apache module, and daemon, primarily configuration files and schemas.
Package: shibboleth-sp-common Architecture: all Version: 3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: shibboleth-sp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Shib Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 294 Breaks: shibboleth-sp2-common (« 3~) Replaces: shibboleth-sp2-common (« 3~) Filename: pool/universe/s/shibboleth-sp/shibboleth-sp-common_3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1_all.deb Size: 44744 MD5sum: dcd62151ec134875280bdf48dd35968c SHA1: 10d350d42aea3ef3dbe72bad407da9c047c96aaa SHA256: 1b2f1b59efaacc9a6395b0c7647fb918ff2899a3eded38881656bdf89d22bc2b Homepage: http://shibboleth.net/ Description-en: Federated web single sign-on system (common files) The Shibboleth System is a standards based software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It supports authorization and attribute exchange using the OASIS SAML 2.0 protocol. Shibboleth allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources while allowing users to establish their identities with their local authentication systems.
This package contains common files used by the Shibboleth SP library, Apache module, and daemon, primarily configuration files and schemas.
There are three methods to install shibboleth-sp-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shibboleth-sp-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shibboleth-sp-common
Install shibboleth-sp-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shibboleth-sp-common
Install shibboleth-sp-common 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 shibboleth-sp-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shibboleth-sp-common
How To Uninstall shibboleth-sp-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the shibboleth-sp-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shibboleth-sp-common
Uninstall shibboleth-sp-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shibboleth-sp-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shibboleth-sp-common
Remove shibboleth-sp-common Configurations and Data
To remove shibboleth-sp-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shibboleth-sp-common
Remove shibboleth-sp-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shibboleth-sp-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shibboleth-sp-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
