How To Install shibboleth-sp2-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp2-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is shibboleth-sp2-common
shibboleth-sp2-common is:
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
Package: shibboleth-sp2-common Architecture: all Version: 3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1 Priority: extra 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: 65 Depends: shibboleth-sp-common Filename: pool/universe/s/shibboleth-sp/shibboleth-sp2-common_3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1_all.deb Size: 11296 MD5sum: a472864ade9a09a906c861ffabc387ce SHA1: 65e33bbb7089b047844a3e24fc061a364e0ce1ef SHA256: 23f75207496fb512d2dc78fa0a7964c443cf7da2c501e7a9b40fcab57671b909 Homepage: http://shibboleth.net/ Description-en: transitional package This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install shibboleth-sp2-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-sp2-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-sp2-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shibboleth-sp2-common
Install shibboleth-sp2-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp2-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shibboleth-sp2-common
Install shibboleth-sp2-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-sp2-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shibboleth-sp2-common
How To Uninstall shibboleth-sp2-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the shibboleth-sp2-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shibboleth-sp2-common
Uninstall shibboleth-sp2-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shibboleth-sp2-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-sp2-common
Remove shibboleth-sp2-common Configurations and Data
To remove shibboleth-sp2-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shibboleth-sp2-common
Remove shibboleth-sp2-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shibboleth-sp2-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shibboleth-sp2-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp2-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.