How To Install voms on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms on AlmaLinux 8.
What is voms
The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes. This package provides libraries that applications using the VOMS functionality will bind to.
We can use yum or dnf to install voms on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install voms.
Install voms 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 voms using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install voms
Install voms 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 voms using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install voms
How To Uninstall voms on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the voms package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove voms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.