How To Install gridsite 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 gridsite on Ubuntu.
What is gridsite
gridsite is:
GridSite was originally a web application developed for managing and formatting the content of the http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ website. Over the past years it has grown into a set of extensions to the Apache web server and a toolkit for Grid credentials, GACL access control lists and HTTP(S) protocol operations.
This package, gridsite, contains Apache httpd modules for enabling mod_gridsite.
There are three methods to install gridsite 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 gridsite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gridsite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gridsite
Install gridsite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gridsite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gridsite
Install gridsite 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 gridsite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gridsite
How To Uninstall gridsite on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gridsite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gridsite
Uninstall gridsite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gridsite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gridsite
Remove gridsite Configurations and Data
To remove gridsite configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gridsite
Remove gridsite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gridsite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gridsite
Dependencies
gridsite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gridsite package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.