How To Install shibboleth-sp-utils 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 shibboleth-sp-utils on Ubuntu.

What is `shibboleth-sp-utils`

shibboleth-sp-utils is:

The Shibboleth System is a standards based software package for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries. It supports authorization and attribute exchange using the OASIS SAML 2.0 protocol. Shibboleth allows sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources while allowing users to establish their identities with their local authentication systems.

This package contains the daemon that handles attribute requests and maintains session information for the SP. It is used internally by the Apache module (libapache2-mod-shib), but may be useful independently in some circumstances. It also contains some other useful Shibboleth SP utility programs and the FastCGI authorizer and responder.

There are three methods to install shibboleth-sp-utils 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 shibboleth-sp-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install shibboleth-sp-utils

Install shibboleth-sp-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install shibboleth-sp-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install shibboleth-sp-utils

Install shibboleth-sp-utils 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 shibboleth-sp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shibboleth-sp-utils

How To Uninstall shibboleth-sp-utils on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the shibboleth-sp-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shibboleth-sp-utils

Uninstall shibboleth-sp-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shibboleth-sp-utils

Remove shibboleth-sp-utils Configurations and Data

To remove shibboleth-sp-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shibboleth-sp-utils

Remove shibboleth-sp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove shibboleth-sp-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shibboleth-sp-utils

Dependencies

shibboleth-sp-utils have the following dependencies:

References

shibboleth-sp-utils website

Summary

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