How To Install voms-clients-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-java on Kali Linux. voms-clients-java is Virtual Organization Membership Service Java clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-java on Kali Linux.

What is voms-clients-java

voms-clients-java is:

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 the Java version of the command line clients for VOMS: voms-proxy-init, voms-proxy-destroy and voms-proxy-info.

There are three methods to install voms-clients-java on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install voms-clients-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install voms-clients-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install voms-clients-java

Install voms-clients-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install voms-clients-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install voms-clients-java

Install voms-clients-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install voms-clients-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install voms-clients-java

How To Uninstall voms-clients-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the voms-clients-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove voms-clients-java

Uninstall voms-clients-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall voms-clients-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove voms-clients-java

Remove voms-clients-java Configurations and Data

To remove voms-clients-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge voms-clients-java

Remove voms-clients-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove voms-clients-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voms-clients-java

Dependencies

voms-clients-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.