How To Install liblcmaps0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcmaps0 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblcmaps0 is Grid (X.509) and VOMS credentials to local account mapping service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcmaps0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblcmaps0

liblcmaps0 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 run-time library necessary to use the framework.

There are three methods to install liblcmaps0 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 liblcmaps0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblcmaps0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblcmaps0

Install liblcmaps0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblcmaps0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblcmaps0

Install liblcmaps0 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 liblcmaps0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblcmaps0

How To Uninstall liblcmaps0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblcmaps0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblcmaps0

Uninstall liblcmaps0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblcmaps0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcmaps0

Remove liblcmaps0 Configurations and Data

To remove liblcmaps0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblcmaps0

Remove liblcmaps0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblcmaps0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblcmaps0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcmaps0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.