How To Install libgridsite6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgridsite6 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgridsite6
libgridsite6 is:
GridSite was originally a web application developed for managing and formatting the content of the http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ website. Over the past years it has grown into a set of extensions to the Apache web server and a toolkit for Grid credentials, GACL access control lists and HTTP(S) protocol operations.
This package contains the runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libgridsite6 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 libgridsite6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgridsite6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgridsite6
Install libgridsite6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgridsite6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgridsite6
Install libgridsite6 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 libgridsite6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgridsite6
How To Uninstall libgridsite6 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgridsite6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgridsite6
Uninstall libgridsite6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgridsite6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgridsite6
Remove libgridsite6 Configurations and Data
To remove libgridsite6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgridsite6
Remove libgridsite6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgridsite6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgridsite6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgridsite6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
