How To Install libykpiv2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libykpiv2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libykpiv2
libykpiv2 is:
The Yubico PIV tool is used for interacting with the Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV) application on a YubiKey. With it you may generate keys on the device, import keys and certificates, create certificate requests, and other operations. A shared library, a PKCS#11 module a command-line tool are included.
This package contains the run-time shared library. You normally don’t need to install it manually.
There are three methods to install libykpiv2
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libykpiv2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libykpiv2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libykpiv2
Install libykpiv2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libykpiv2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libykpiv2
Install libykpiv2 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 libykpiv2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libykpiv2
How To Uninstall libykpiv2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libykpiv2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libykpiv2
Uninstall libykpiv2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libykpiv2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libykpiv2
Remove libykpiv2 Configurations and Data
To remove libykpiv2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libykpiv2
Remove libykpiv2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libykpiv2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libykpiv2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libykpiv2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.