How To Install voms-clients-java 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 voms-clients-java on Ubuntu.
What is voms-clients-java
voms-clients-java is:
The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes.
This package provides the Java version of the command line clients for VOMS: voms-proxy-init, voms-proxy-destroy and voms-proxy-info.
There are three methods to install voms-clients-java 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 voms-clients-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-clients-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install voms-clients-java
Install voms-clients-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install voms-clients-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install voms-clients-java
Install voms-clients-java 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 voms-clients-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install voms-clients-java
How To Uninstall voms-clients-java on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the voms-clients-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove voms-clients-java
Uninstall voms-clients-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall voms-clients-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove voms-clients-java
Remove voms-clients-java Configurations and Data
To remove voms-clients-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge voms-clients-java
Remove voms-clients-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove voms-clients-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge voms-clients-java
Dependencies
voms-clients-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-clients-java package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.