How To Install opensaml-schemas on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml-schemas on Kali Linux. opensaml-schemas is Security Assertion Markup Language library (XML schemas)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml-schemas on Kali Linux.

What is opensaml-schemas

opensaml-schemas 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 XML schema files used by the OpenSAML library.

There are three methods to install opensaml-schemas 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 opensaml-schemas Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensaml-schemas

Install opensaml-schemas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opensaml-schemas

Install opensaml-schemas 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 opensaml-schemas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensaml-schemas

How To Uninstall opensaml-schemas on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opensaml-schemas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensaml-schemas

Uninstall opensaml-schemas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensaml-schemas

Remove opensaml-schemas Configurations and Data

To remove opensaml-schemas configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensaml-schemas

Remove opensaml-schemas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensaml-schemas

Dependencies

opensaml-schemas have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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