How To Install gssproxy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gssproxy on Debian 9. gssproxy is Privilege separation daemon for GSSAPI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gssproxy on Debian 9.

What is gssproxy

gssproxy is:

Applications can choose to use GSS-Proxy for GSSAPI credential management, which means that they will not have direct access to the credentials themselves. GSSAPI operations are also offloaded to the gssproxy daemon, making it suitable for upcalls from the Kernel as well.

This package includes both the gssproxy daemon itself and the GSSAPI interposer layer for existing applications.

There are three methods to install gssproxy 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 gssproxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gssproxy

Install gssproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gssproxy

Install gssproxy 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 gssproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gssproxy

How To Uninstall gssproxy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gssproxy

Uninstall gssproxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gssproxy

Remove gssproxy Configurations and Data

To remove gssproxy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gssproxy

Remove gssproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gssproxy

Dependencies

gssproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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