How To Install python-pysaml2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysaml2 on Debian 9. python-pysaml2 is SAML Version 2 to be used in a WSGI environment - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysaml2 on Debian 9.

What is python-pysaml2

python-pysaml2 is:

This package provides a Python implementation of SAML Version 2 to be used in a WSGI environment.

From wikipedia: Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0) is a version of the SAML standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains. SAML 2.0 is an XML-based protocol that uses security tokens containing assertions to pass information about a principal (usually an end user) between a SAML authority, that is, an identity provider, and a SAML consumer, that is, a service provider. SAML 2.0 enables web-based authentication and authorization scenarios including cross-domain single sign-on (SSO), which helps reduce the administrative overhead of distributing multiple authentication tokens to the user.

This package contains the Python 2.x module.

There are three methods to install python-pysaml2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pysaml2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pysaml2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pysaml2

Install python-pysaml2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pysaml2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pysaml2

Install python-pysaml2 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 python-pysaml2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pysaml2

How To Uninstall python-pysaml2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-pysaml2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pysaml2

Uninstall python-pysaml2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pysaml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pysaml2

Remove python-pysaml2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-pysaml2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pysaml2

Remove python-pysaml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pysaml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pysaml2

Dependencies

python-pysaml2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysaml2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.