How To Install gss-man on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-man on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gss-man package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
