How To Install webauth-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-utils on Debian 9.
What is webauth-utils
webauth-utils is:
WebAuth is a cookie-based web authentication system built on top of Kerberos. It relies on a central authentication server that handles all user authentication for a domain and creates user authentication credentials for any web server that needs strong authentication.
This package contains an additional command-line tool to manipulate WebAuth keyrings.
There are three methods to install webauth-utils 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 webauth-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 webauth-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webauth-utils
Install webauth-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webauth-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webauth-utils
Install webauth-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install webauth-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webauth-utils
How To Uninstall webauth-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the webauth-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webauth-utils
Uninstall webauth-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webauth-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webauth-utils
Remove webauth-utils Configurations and Data
To remove webauth-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webauth-utils
Remove webauth-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webauth-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webauth-utils
Dependencies
webauth-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
