How To Install voms-clients-cpp on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-cpp on AlmaLinux 8.
What is voms-clients-cpp
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 command line applications to access the VOMS services.
We can use yum or dnf to install voms-clients-cpp on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install voms-clients-cpp.
Install voms-clients-cpp 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-clients-cpp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install voms-clients-cpp
Install voms-clients-cpp 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-clients-cpp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install voms-clients-cpp
How To Uninstall voms-clients-cpp on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the voms-clients-cpp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove voms-clients-cpp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-cpp on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
