How To Install openpace on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install openpace on Debian 11. openpace is cryptographic library for EAC version 2 (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openpace on Debian 11.

What is openpace

openpace is:

OpenPACE implements Extended Access Control (EAC) version 2 as specified in BSI TR-03110. OpenPACE comprises support for the following protocols:

  • Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE)
  • Terminal Authentication (TA)
  • Chip Authentication (CA)

OpenPACE also supports Card Verifiable Certificates (CV Certificates) and signing requests as well as easy to use wrappers for using the established secure channels.

OpenPACE supports all variants of PACE (DH/ECDH, GM/IM), TA (RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5/RSASSA-PSS/ECDSA), CA (DH/ECDH) and all standardised domain parameters (GFP/ECP).

There are three methods to install openpace on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openpace Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openpace

Install openpace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openpace

Install openpace 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 openpace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openpace

How To Uninstall openpace on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove openpace

Uninstall openpace And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openpace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openpace

Remove openpace Configurations and Data

To remove openpace configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openpace

Remove openpace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openpace

Dependencies

openpace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openpace package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.