How To Install libsaml-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsaml-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsaml-doc is Security Assertion Markup Language library (API docs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaml-doc on Debian 12.

What is libsaml-doc

libsaml-doc is:

OpenSAML is an open source implementation of the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language Specification. It contains a set of open source C++ classes that support the SAML 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 specifications.

This package contains the OpenSAML library API documentation generated by Doxygen.

There are three methods to install libsaml-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsaml-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsaml-doc

Install libsaml-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsaml-doc

Install libsaml-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsaml-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsaml-doc

How To Uninstall libsaml-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsaml-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsaml-doc

Uninstall libsaml-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsaml-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaml-doc

Remove libsaml-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libsaml-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsaml-doc

Remove libsaml-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsaml-doc

Dependencies

libsaml-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaml-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.