How To Install signon on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install signon on AlmaLinux 8.
What is signon
Single Sign-On is a framework for centrally storing authentication credentials and handling authentication on behalf of applications as requested by applications. It consists of a secure storage of login credentials (for example usernames and passwords), plugins for different authentication systems and a client library for applications to communicate with this system.
We can use yum or dnf to install signon on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install signon.
Install signon on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install signon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install signon
Install signon on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install signon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install signon
How To Uninstall signon on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the signon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove signon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install signon on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.