How To Install moonshot-gss-eap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install moonshot-gss-eap on Kali Linux. moonshot-gss-eap is Moonshot Federated Authentication - authentication mechanism

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install moonshot-gss-eap on Kali Linux.

What is moonshot-gss-eap

moonshot-gss-eap is:

Project moonshot provides federated authentication using EAP, RADIUS and SAML to applications beyond the web platform. This package contains the client and server plugins to perform authentication.

There are three methods to install moonshot-gss-eap 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 moonshot-gss-eap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install moonshot-gss-eap

Install moonshot-gss-eap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install moonshot-gss-eap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install moonshot-gss-eap

Install moonshot-gss-eap 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 moonshot-gss-eap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install moonshot-gss-eap

How To Uninstall moonshot-gss-eap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the moonshot-gss-eap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove moonshot-gss-eap

Uninstall moonshot-gss-eap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall moonshot-gss-eap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove moonshot-gss-eap

Remove moonshot-gss-eap Configurations and Data

To remove moonshot-gss-eap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge moonshot-gss-eap

Remove moonshot-gss-eap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove moonshot-gss-eap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge moonshot-gss-eap

Dependencies

moonshot-gss-eap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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