How To Install libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Kali Linux. libapache2-mod-webauthldap is Apache module for WebAuth LDAP lookup and authorization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Kali Linux.

What is libapache2-mod-webauthldap

libapache2-mod-webauthldap is:

WebAuth is a cookie-based web authentication system built on top of Kerberos. It relies on a central authentication server that handles all user authentication for a domain and creates user authentication credentials for any web server that needs strong authentication.

This package contains an Apache module to do LDAP-based authorization after a WebAuth authentication and retrieve LDAP information about the authenticated user. It only supports GSS-API binds and requires WebAuth be used as the authentication method.

There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap 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 libapache2-mod-webauthldap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-webauthldap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Install libapache2-mod-webauthldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-webauthldap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Install libapache2-mod-webauthldap 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 libapache2-mod-webauthldap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-webauthldap

How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-webauthldap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Uninstall libapache2-mod-webauthldap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache2-mod-webauthldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Remove libapache2-mod-webauthldap Configurations and Data

To remove libapache2-mod-webauthldap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Remove libapache2-mod-webauthldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-webauthldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-webauthldap

Dependencies

libapache2-mod-webauthldap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.