How To Install webauth-tests on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-tests on Debian 9.
What is webauth-tests
webauth-tests is:
WebAuth is a cookie-based web authentication system built on top of Kerberos. It relies on a central authentication server that handles all user authentication for a domain and creates user authentication credentials for any web server that needs strong authentication.
This package contains test HTML files and Apache configuration fragments to test a new installation of the WebAuth modules.
There are three methods to install webauth-tests on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install webauth-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webauth-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webauth-tests
Install webauth-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webauth-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webauth-tests
Install webauth-tests 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 webauth-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webauth-tests
How To Uninstall webauth-tests on Debian 9
To uninstall only the webauth-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webauth-tests
Uninstall webauth-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webauth-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webauth-tests
Remove webauth-tests Configurations and Data
To remove webauth-tests configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webauth-tests
Remove webauth-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webauth-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webauth-tests
Dependencies
webauth-tests have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-tests package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.