How To Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libengine-pkcs11-openssl is OpenSSL engine for PKCS#11 modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Debian 10.

What is libengine-pkcs11-openssl

libengine-pkcs11-openssl is:

With this engine for OpenSSL you can use OpenSSL library and command line tools with any PKCS#11 implementation as backend for the crypto operations.

Engine_pkcs11 was developed for smart cards, and mostly for the OpenSC PKCS#11 module, but it should work fine with any PKCS#11 implementation.

Engine_pkcs11 is a spin off from OpenSC and replaced libopensc-openssl.

There are three methods to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl 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 libengine-pkcs11-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libengine-pkcs11-openssl

How To Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libengine-pkcs11-openssl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl Configurations and Data

To remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libengine-pkcs11-openssl

Dependencies

libengine-pkcs11-openssl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.