How To Install voms-mysql-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-mysql-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is voms-mysql-plugin
voms-mysql-plugin 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 offers the MySQL implementation for the VOMS server.
There are three methods to install voms-mysql-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-mysql-plugin 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-mysql-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install voms-mysql-plugin
Install voms-mysql-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-mysql-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install voms-mysql-plugin
Install voms-mysql-plugin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-mysql-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install voms-mysql-plugin
How To Uninstall voms-mysql-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the voms-mysql-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove voms-mysql-plugin
Uninstall voms-mysql-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall voms-mysql-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove voms-mysql-plugin
Remove voms-mysql-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove voms-mysql-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge voms-mysql-plugin
Remove voms-mysql-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove voms-mysql-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voms-mysql-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-mysql-plugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
