How To Install lcmaps-openssl-interface on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-openssl-interface on Kali Linux.

What is lcmaps-openssl-interface

lcmaps-openssl-interface is:

The Local Centre MAPping Service (LCMAPS) is a security middleware component that processes the users Grid credentials (typically X.509 proxy certificates and VOMS attributes) and maps the user to a local account based on the site local policy.

It is a highly configurable pluggable interface, and many plugins are available to tailor almost every need. Since this is middleware, it does not interact with the user directly; to use it in a program please see the lcmaps-interface package.

This package contains the header files for the OpenSSL dependent interfaces.

There are three methods to install lcmaps-openssl-interface 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 lcmaps-openssl-interface Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lcmaps-openssl-interface

Install lcmaps-openssl-interface Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lcmaps-openssl-interface using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lcmaps-openssl-interface

Install lcmaps-openssl-interface 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 lcmaps-openssl-interface using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lcmaps-openssl-interface

How To Uninstall lcmaps-openssl-interface on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lcmaps-openssl-interface package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lcmaps-openssl-interface

Uninstall lcmaps-openssl-interface And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcmaps-openssl-interface

Remove lcmaps-openssl-interface Configurations and Data

To remove lcmaps-openssl-interface configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lcmaps-openssl-interface

Remove lcmaps-openssl-interface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lcmaps-openssl-interface configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcmaps-openssl-interface

Dependencies

lcmaps-openssl-interface have the following dependencies:

• libssl-dev
• lcmaps-basic-interface

References

• lcmaps-openssl-interface website

Summary

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