How To Install solid-auth on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install solid-auth on Debian 12.
What is solid-auth
solid-auth is:
solid_auth is a command-line tool to perform low-level tasks authenticated against a Solid Pod.
Solid is a specification that lets people store their data securely in decentralized data stores called Pods. Pods are like secure personal web servers for data. When data is stored in someone’s Pod, they control which people and applications can access it.
There are three methods to install solid-auth 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 solid-auth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install solid-auth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install solid-auth
Install solid-auth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install solid-auth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install solid-auth
Install solid-auth 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 solid-auth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install solid-auth
How To Uninstall solid-auth on Debian 12
To uninstall only the solid-auth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove solid-auth
Uninstall solid-auth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall solid-auth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove solid-auth
Remove solid-auth Configurations and Data
To remove solid-auth configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge solid-auth
Remove solid-auth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove solid-auth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solid-auth
Dependencies
solid-auth have the following dependencies:
- libfile-libmagic-perl
- libjson-perl
- liblog-any-adapter-log4perl-perl
- liblog-any-adapter-perl
- liblog-log4perl-perl
- libpath-tiny-perl
- libstring-escape-perl
- libweb-solid-auth-perl
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install solid-auth package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
