How To Install gridsite on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gridsite on Kali Linux. gridsite is Grid Security for the Web, Web platforms for Grids

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gridsite on Kali Linux.

What is gridsite

gridsite is:

GridSite was originally a web application developed for managing and formatting the content of the http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ website. Over the past years it has grown into a set of extensions to the Apache web server and a toolkit for Grid credentials, GACL access control lists and HTTP(S) protocol operations.

This package, gridsite, contains Apache httpd modules for enabling mod_gridsite.

There are three methods to install gridsite on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gridsite Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gridsite using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gridsite

Install gridsite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gridsite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gridsite

Install gridsite Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gridsite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gridsite

How To Uninstall gridsite on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gridsite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gridsite

Uninstall gridsite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gridsite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gridsite

Remove gridsite Configurations and Data

To remove gridsite configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gridsite

Remove gridsite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gridsite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gridsite

Dependencies

gridsite have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gridsite package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.