How To Install libu2f-host0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-host0 on Debian 9. libu2f-host0 is Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication C Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-host0 on Debian 9.

What is libu2f-host0

libu2f-host0 is:

Libu2f is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations. The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.

This package contains the run-time shared library, and you normally do not need to install this manually.

There are three methods to install libu2f-host0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libu2f-host0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libu2f-host0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libu2f-host0

Install libu2f-host0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libu2f-host0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libu2f-host0

Install libu2f-host0 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 libu2f-host0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libu2f-host0

How To Uninstall libu2f-host0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libu2f-host0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libu2f-host0

Uninstall libu2f-host0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libu2f-host0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libu2f-host0

Remove libu2f-host0 Configurations and Data

To remove libu2f-host0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libu2f-host0

Remove libu2f-host0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libu2f-host0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libu2f-host0

Dependencies

libu2f-host0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-host0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.