How To Install voms-server on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-server
on Debian 10.
What is voms-server
voms-server 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 VOMS service.
There are three methods to install voms-server
on Debian 10. 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-server 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-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install voms-server
Install voms-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install voms-server
Install voms-server 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install voms-server
How To Uninstall voms-server on Debian 10
To uninstall only the voms-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove voms-server
Uninstall voms-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall voms-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove voms-server
Remove voms-server Configurations and Data
To remove voms-server
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge voms-server
Remove voms-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove voms-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voms-server
Dependencies
voms-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-server
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.