How To Install shibboleth-sp-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp-utils on Debian 12.
What is shibboleth-sp-utils
shibboleth-sp-utils is:
The Shibboleth System is a standards based software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It supports authorization and attribute exchange using the OASIS SAML 2.0 protocol. Shibboleth allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources while allowing users to establish their identities with their local authentication systems.
This package contains the daemon that handles attribute requests and maintains session information for the SP. It is used internally by the Apache module (libapache2-mod-shib), but may be useful independently in some circumstances. It also contains some other useful Shibboleth SP utility programs and the FastCGI authorizer and responder.
There are three methods to install shibboleth-sp-utils 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 shibboleth-sp-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shibboleth-sp-utils
Install shibboleth-sp-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shibboleth-sp-utils
Install shibboleth-sp-utils 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 shibboleth-sp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shibboleth-sp-utils
How To Uninstall shibboleth-sp-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the shibboleth-sp-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shibboleth-sp-utils
Uninstall shibboleth-sp-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shibboleth-sp-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shibboleth-sp-utils
Remove shibboleth-sp-utils Configurations and Data
To remove shibboleth-sp-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shibboleth-sp-utils
Remove shibboleth-sp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shibboleth-sp-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shibboleth-sp-utils
Dependencies
shibboleth-sp-utils have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- libshibsp-plugins
- libc6
- libfcgi0ldbl
- libgcc-s1
- liblog4shib2
- libsaml12
- libshibsp11
- libstdc++6
- libsystemd0
- libxerces-c3.2
- libxmltooling10
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shibboleth-sp-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
