How To Install dacs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dacs on Debian 9.
What is dacs
dacs is:
DACS is a light-weight single sign-on and role-based access control system for web servers and server-based software. It is also an authentication and authorization toolkit for programmers. DACS makes secure resource sharing and remote access via the web easier, safer, and more efficient.
DACS provides:
- universal, extensible, modular, and efficient authentication methods, including two-factor authentication and hardware tokens
- powerful, comprehensive, rule-based authorization checking that can be applied selectively and transparently to any resource or activity (such as web services, web content, and program features) by Apache-based web services, CGI programs, servlets, or virtually any program or script
- secure, web-based single sign-on (SSO)
- flexible, programmable configuration
- an Apache 2.0/2.2 module, suite of CGI-based programs, and collection of command line tools
There are three methods to install dacs 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 dacs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dacs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dacs
Install dacs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dacs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dacs
Install dacs 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 dacs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dacs
How To Uninstall dacs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dacs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dacs
Uninstall dacs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dacs
Remove dacs Configurations and Data
To remove dacs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dacs
Remove dacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dacs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dacs
Dependencies
dacs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dacs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.