How To Install voms-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-devel in Fedora 36. voms-devel is Virtual Organization Membership Service Development Files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-devel on Fedora 36.

What is voms-devel

The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes. This package provides header files for programming with the VOMS libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install voms-devel on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install voms-devel.

Install voms-devel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install voms-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install voms-devel

Install voms-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install voms-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install voms-devel

How To Uninstall voms-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the voms-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove voms-devel

voms-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `voms-devel` on Fedora 36.

### What is `voms-devel`

> The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes.  This package provides header files for programming with the VOMS libraries.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `voms-devel` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install voms-devel.

## Install voms-devel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install voms-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install voms-devel

Install voms-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install voms-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install voms-devel

How To Uninstall voms-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the voms-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove voms-devel

voms-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/include/voms
/usr/include/voms/acstack.h
/usr/include/voms/newformat.h
/usr/include/voms/voms_api.h
/usr/include/voms/voms_apic.h
/usr/include/voms/vomsproxy.h
/usr/include/voms/vomsssl.h
/usr/lib/libvomsapi.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/voms-2.0.pc
/usr/share/aclocal/voms.m4
/usr/share/man/man3/voms.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/voms_api.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/voms_apic.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/vomsdata.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-devel on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/usr/include/voms /usr/include/voms/acstack.h /usr/include/voms/newformat.h /usr/include/voms/voms_api.h /usr/include/voms/voms_apic.h /usr/include/voms/vomsproxy.h /usr/include/voms/vomsssl.h /usr/lib64/libvomsapi.so /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/voms-2.0.pc /usr/share/aclocal/voms.m4 /usr/share/man/man3/voms.3.gz /usr/share/man/man3/voms_api.h.3.gz /usr/share/man/man3/voms_apic.h.3.gz /usr/share/man/man3/vomsdata.3.gz


## References

* [voms-devel website](https://italiangrid.github.io/voms/)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `voms-devel` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).