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