How To Install libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libapache2-mod-webauthldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-webauthldap
How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-webauthldap on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-webauthldap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
