How To Install shibboleth-sp2-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp2-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is shibboleth-sp2-utils
shibboleth-sp2-utils is:
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
Package: shibboleth-sp2-utils Architecture: all Version: 3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1 Priority: extra Section: universe/web 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: 61 Depends: shibboleth-sp-utils Filename: pool/universe/s/shibboleth-sp/shibboleth-sp2-utils_3.0.4+dfsg1-1build1_all.deb Size: 11112 MD5sum: 53dc031857b10f9479caafb5969cadf5 SHA1: 38fa750fcd1fcf7dcc6300581e2029680738296a SHA256: 5f5fbe9c54ea2e55b5ee349c35f89d1edfe12e7d9447258ab95ce64c0604cf8f 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-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shibboleth-sp2-utils
Install shibboleth-sp2-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp2-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shibboleth-sp2-utils
Install shibboleth-sp2-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shibboleth-sp2-utils
How To Uninstall shibboleth-sp2-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the shibboleth-sp2-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shibboleth-sp2-utils
Uninstall shibboleth-sp2-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shibboleth-sp2-utils 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-utils
Remove shibboleth-sp2-utils Configurations and Data
To remove shibboleth-sp2-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shibboleth-sp2-utils
Remove shibboleth-sp2-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shibboleth-sp2-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shibboleth-sp2-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp2-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
