How To Install lcmaps-plugins-voms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-plugins-voms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lcmaps-plugins-voms
lcmaps-plugins-voms 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.
This package contains the VOMS plugins.
There are three methods to install lcmaps-plugins-voms 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 lcmaps-plugins-voms 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-plugins-voms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lcmaps-plugins-voms
Install lcmaps-plugins-voms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lcmaps-plugins-voms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lcmaps-plugins-voms
Install lcmaps-plugins-voms 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 lcmaps-plugins-voms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lcmaps-plugins-voms
How To Uninstall lcmaps-plugins-voms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lcmaps-plugins-voms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lcmaps-plugins-voms
Uninstall lcmaps-plugins-voms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lcmaps-plugins-voms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcmaps-plugins-voms
Remove lcmaps-plugins-voms Configurations and Data
To remove lcmaps-plugins-voms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lcmaps-plugins-voms
Remove lcmaps-plugins-voms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lcmaps-plugins-voms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcmaps-plugins-voms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-plugins-voms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
