How To Install glewlwyd-common on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glewlwyd-common on Ubuntu.

What is glewlwyd-common

glewlwyd-common is:

Authentication processus supported:

• OAuth2
• OpenID Connect

Allows users to authenticate via multiple factors:

• Password
• One-time password (TOTP/HOTP)
• Webauthn (Yubikey, Android devices)
• One-time password sent via e-mail
• TLS Certificate
• External OAuth2/OIDC providers

Users and clients can be stored and managed from various backends:

• Database
• LDAP service
• HTTP Backend service providing Basic Authentication

Allows users to register a new account with the possibility to confirm their e-mail address or not. During the registration process, the new user may be expected to register their passwords, as well as other authentication factors:

• One-time password (TOTP/HOTP)
• Webauthn (Yubikey, Android devices)
• TLS Certificate
• External OAuth2/OIDC providers

This package contains the architecture independent files.

There are three methods to install glewlwyd-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install glewlwyd-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install glewlwyd-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install glewlwyd-common

Install glewlwyd-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glewlwyd-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glewlwyd-common

Install glewlwyd-common 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 glewlwyd-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glewlwyd-common

How To Uninstall glewlwyd-common on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the glewlwyd-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glewlwyd-common

Uninstall glewlwyd-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glewlwyd-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glewlwyd-common

Remove glewlwyd-common Configurations and Data

To remove glewlwyd-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glewlwyd-common

Remove glewlwyd-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove glewlwyd-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glewlwyd-common

Dependencies

glewlwyd-common have the following dependencies:

• fonts-fork-awesome
• libjs-jquery
• libjs-bootstrap4
• libjs-popper.js

References

• glewlwyd-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glewlwyd-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.