How To Install monkeysphere on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysphere
on Debian 11.
What is monkeysphere
monkeysphere is:
SSH key-based authentication is tried-and-true, but it lacks a true Public Key Infrastructure for key certification, revocation and expiration. Monkeysphere is a framework that uses the OpenPGP web of trust for these PKI functions. It can be used in both directions: for users to get validated host keys, and for hosts to authenticate users. Current monkeysphere SSH tools are designed to integrate with the OpenSSH implementation of the Secure Shell protocol.
Monkeysphere can also be used by a validation agent to validate TLS connections (e.g. https).
There are three methods to install monkeysphere
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install monkeysphere Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeysphere
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monkeysphere
Install monkeysphere Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeysphere
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monkeysphere
Install monkeysphere 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 monkeysphere
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monkeysphere
How To Uninstall monkeysphere on Debian 11
To uninstall only the monkeysphere
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monkeysphere
Uninstall monkeysphere And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monkeysphere
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monkeysphere
Remove monkeysphere Configurations and Data
To remove monkeysphere
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monkeysphere
Remove monkeysphere configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monkeysphere
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monkeysphere
Dependencies
monkeysphere have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysphere
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.