How To Install opensaml2-schemas on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-schemas on Ubuntu 18.04. opensaml2-schemas is Security Assertion Markup Language library (XML schemas)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-schemas on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is opensaml2-schemas

opensaml2-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 opensaml2-schemas 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 opensaml2-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 opensaml2-schemas using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opensaml2-schemas

Install opensaml2-schemas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opensaml2-schemas using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opensaml2-schemas

Install opensaml2-schemas 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 opensaml2-schemas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opensaml2-schemas

How To Uninstall opensaml2-schemas on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the opensaml2-schemas package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opensaml2-schemas

Uninstall opensaml2-schemas And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensaml2-schemas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensaml2-schemas

Remove opensaml2-schemas Configurations and Data

To remove opensaml2-schemas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensaml2-schemas

Remove opensaml2-schemas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opensaml2-schemas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensaml2-schemas

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensaml2-schemas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.