How To Install gss-man on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-man on Debian 9. gss-man is Man pages for GSS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-man on Debian 9.

What is gss-man

gss-man is:

The GNU Generic Security Service Library (GSSLib) is a free implementation of the GSS-API security framework. GSSLib uses Shishi to implement the Kerberos V5 mechanism, but is flexible enough to support other mechanisms too.

This package contain the API reference as man pages.

There are three methods to install gss-man 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 gss-man Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gss-man

Install gss-man Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gss-man

Install gss-man 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 gss-man using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gss-man

How To Uninstall gss-man on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gss-man package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gss-man

Uninstall gss-man And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gss-man and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gss-man

Remove gss-man Configurations and Data

To remove gss-man configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gss-man

Remove gss-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gss-man

Dependencies

gss-man have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-man package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.