How To Install webauth-weblogin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-weblogin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is webauth-weblogin
webauth-weblogin 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 the CGI-based WebLogin server that handles initial user authentication and building authentication tokens for WebAuth servers. Only one WebLogin server is needed to support a site WebAuth installation. It is normally run on the same system as the WebKDC.
There are three methods to install webauth-weblogin 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 webauth-weblogin 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-weblogin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webauth-weblogin
Install webauth-weblogin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webauth-weblogin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webauth-weblogin
Install webauth-weblogin 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 webauth-weblogin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webauth-weblogin
How To Uninstall webauth-weblogin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the webauth-weblogin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webauth-weblogin
Uninstall webauth-weblogin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webauth-weblogin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webauth-weblogin
Remove webauth-weblogin Configurations and Data
To remove webauth-weblogin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webauth-weblogin
Remove webauth-weblogin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webauth-weblogin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webauth-weblogin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-weblogin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
