How To Install voms-clients on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients on Kali Linux.
What is voms-clients
voms-clients 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 command line applications to access the VOMS services.
There are three methods to install voms-clients 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install voms-clients using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install voms-clientsInstall voms-clients Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install voms-clients using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install voms-clientsInstall voms-clients 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install voms-clients using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install voms-clientsHow To Uninstall voms-clients on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the voms-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove voms-clientsUninstall voms-clients And Its Dependencies
To uninstall voms-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove voms-clientsRemove voms-clients Configurations and Data
To remove voms-clients configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge voms-clientsRemove voms-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove voms-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voms-clientsDependencies
voms-clients have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
