How To Install ecaccess on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecaccess on Debian 9.
What is ecaccess
ecaccess is:
ecaccess is a suite of client tools to enable access to the computing and data archive facilities of the European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts (ECMWF).
Strict authentication is performed in a uniform way using SecurID cards and standard (X509) certificates. SSL is used to guarantee the integrity of the application data, the transferred jobs and the monitoring information.
There are three methods to install ecaccess 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 ecaccess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecaccess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecaccess
Install ecaccess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecaccess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecaccess
Install ecaccess 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 ecaccess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecaccess
How To Uninstall ecaccess on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ecaccess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecaccess
Uninstall ecaccess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecaccess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecaccess
Remove ecaccess Configurations and Data
To remove ecaccess configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecaccess
Remove ecaccess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecaccess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecaccess
Dependencies
ecaccess have the following dependencies:
- debhelper
- perl
- libclass-inspector-perl
- libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl
- libnet-http-perl
- perl-modules
- liburi-encode-perl
- libterm-readkey-perl
- libterm-readline-perl-perl
- libterm-progressbar-perl
- libterm-prompt-perl
- libnumber-bytes-human-perl
- libmime-base64-urlsafe-perl
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libsoap-lite-perl
- libio-socket-inet6-perl
- libio-socket-ssl-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecaccess package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.