How To Install jwt on Debian 12

Learn how to install jwt on Debian 12 with this tutorial. jwt is golang implementation of JSON Web Tokens (command line)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jwt on Debian 12.

What is jwt

jwt is:

Community maintained clone of github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go.

After the original author of the library suggested migrating the maintenance of jwt-go, a dedicated team of open source maintainers decided to clone the existing library into this module.

The command line utility included in this project (cmd/jwt) provides a straightforward example of token creation and parsing as well as a useful tool for debugging your own integration. You’ll also find several implementation examples in the documentation.

This package provides the command line.

There are three methods to install jwt on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jwt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jwt

Install jwt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jwt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jwt

Install jwt 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install jwt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jwt

How To Uninstall jwt on Debian 12

To uninstall only the jwt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jwt

Uninstall jwt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jwt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jwt

Remove jwt Configurations and Data

To remove jwt configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jwt

Remove jwt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jwt

Dependencies

jwt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jwt package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.